JUMPING MOUSE
Dictionary entry overview: What does jumping mouse mean? • JUMPING MOUSE (noun)
The noun JUMPING MOUSE has 1 sense:
1. any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America
Familiarity information: JUMPING MOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• JUMPING MOUSE (noun)
Meaning:
Any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("jumping mouse" is a kind of...):
gnawer; gnawing animal; rodent (relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jumping mouse"):
meadow jumping mouse; Zapus hudsonius (widely distributed in northeastern and central United States and Canada)
Holonyms ("jumping mouse" is a member of...):
family Zapodidae; Zapodidae (jumping mice)
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