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HOUSE MOUSE
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide
Synonyms:
house mouse; Mus musculus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("house mouse" is a kind of...):
mouse (any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails)
Holonyms ("house mouse" is a member of...):
genus Mus; Mus (type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch)