WOOD MOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wood mouse mean? 

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

1. any of various New World woodland mice

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WOOD MOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various New World woodland mice

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("wood mouse" is a kind 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wood mouse"):

Peromyscus leucopus; vesper mouse; white-footed mouse (American woodland mouse with white feet and underparts)

deer mouse; Peromyscus maniculatus (brownish New World mouse; most widely distributed member of the genus)

cactus mouse; Peromyscus eremicus (burrowing mouse of desert areas of southwestern United States)

cotton mouse; Peromyscus gossypinus (large dark mouse of southeastern United States)

Baiomys taylori; pygmy mouse (very small dark greyish brown mouse resembling a house mouse; of Texas and Mexico)