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COTTON MOUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cotton mouse mean?
• COTTON MOUSE (noun)
The noun COTTON MOUSE has 1 sense:
1. large dark mouse of southeastern United States
Familiarity information: COTTON MOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large dark mouse of southeastern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
cotton mouse; Peromyscus gossypinus
Hypernyms ("cotton mouse" is a kind of...):
wood mouse (any of various New World woodland mice)
Holonyms ("cotton mouse" is a member of...):
genus Peromyscus; Peromyscus (New World wood mice)
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