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GRASSHOPPER MOUSE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does grasshopper mouse mean?

• GRASSHOPPER MOUSE (noun)
The noun GRASSHOPPER MOUSE has 1 sense:

1. insectivorous mouse of western North America

Familiarity information: GRASSHOPPER MOUSE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GRASSHOPPER MOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Insectivorous mouse of western North America

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("grasshopper mouse" is a kind of...):

field mouse; vole (any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows)

Holonyms ("grasshopper mouse" is a member of...):

genus Onychomys; Onychomys (grasshopper mice)

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