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MOUSE-SIZED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mouse-sized mean?
• MOUSE-SIZED (adjective)
The adjective MOUSE-SIZED has 1 sense:
1. having the approximate size of a mouse
Familiarity information: MOUSE-SIZED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the approximate size of a mouse
Similar:
sized (having a specified size)
Context examples
At a time when the majority of mammals were shrew- or mouse-sized—mere shadows of dinosaurs—Vintana was a super heavyweight, estimated to have had a body mass of about 20 pounds, two or three times the size of an adult groundhog today.
(Scientists discover fossil of bizarre groundhog-like mammal on Madagascar, NSF)
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