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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
Sense 1
Meaning:
Insectivorous mouse of western North America
Classified under:
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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