deer mouse

/dɪər maʊs/
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Other forms: deer mice

Definitions of deer mouse
  1. noun
    brownish New World mouse; most widely distributed member of the genus
    synonyms: Peromyscus maniculatus
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    type of:
    wood mouse
    any of various New World woodland mice
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