house mouse

/haʊz maʊs/
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Other forms: house mice

Definitions of house mouse
  1. noun
    brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide
    synonyms: Mus musculus
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    type of:
    mouse
    any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
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