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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 mouseplay

  Familiarity information: MOUSE-SIZED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOUSE-SIZED (adjective)


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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