- house mouse
- noun Date: 1835 a common nearly cosmopolitan grayish-brown mouse (Mus musculus) that usually lives and breeds about buildings, may act as a vector of diseases, and is an important laboratory animal
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house mouse
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house mouse — n a mouse that frequents houses esp a common nearly cosmopolitan grayish brown mouse of the genus Mus (M. musculus) that lives and breeds about buildings, is an important laboratory animal, and is an important pest as a consumer of human food and … Medical dictionary
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house mouse — a brownish gray Old World mouse, Mus musculus, now common in the U.S. in or near houses. See illus. under mouse. [1825 35] * * * Common mouse species (Mus musculus, family Muridae), the mouse most often encountered in buildings. The house mouse… … Universalium
house mouse — noun brownish grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide • Syn: ↑Mus musculus • Hypernyms: ↑mouse • Member Holonyms: ↑Mus, ↑genus Mus * * * noun : a mouse that frequents houses; … Useful english dictionary
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House Mouse Hostel — (Санкт Петербург,Россия) Категория отеля: 2 звездочный отель Адрес: Улица Граждан … Каталог отелей
house mouse — noun The universally common mouse of the species Mus musculus … Wiktionary
house mouse — type of mouse that lives in buildings … English contemporary dictionary
