DEER MOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deer mouse mean? 

• DEER MOUSE (noun)
  The noun DEER MOUSE has 1 sense:

1. brownish New World mouse; most widely distributed member of the genus

  Familiarity information: DEER MOUSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEER MOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brownish New World mouse; most widely distributed member of the genus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

deer mouse; Peromyscus maniculatus

Hypernyms ("deer mouse" is a kind of...):

wood mouse (any of various New World woodland mice)

Holonyms ("deer mouse" is a member of...):

genus Peromyscus; Peromyscus (New World wood mice)

 Context examples 

Deer and deer mice carry ticks that cause Lyme disease.

(Animal Diseases and Your Health, NIH)