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CACTUS MOUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cactus mouse mean?
• CACTUS MOUSE (noun)
The noun CACTUS MOUSE has 1 sense:
1. burrowing mouse of desert areas of southwestern United States
Familiarity information: CACTUS MOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Burrowing mouse of desert areas of southwestern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
cactus mouse; Peromyscus eremicus
Hypernyms ("cactus mouse" is a kind of...):
wood mouse (any of various New World woodland mice)
Holonyms ("cactus mouse" is a member of...):
genus Peromyscus; Peromyscus (New World wood mice)
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