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HARVEST MOUSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse inhabiting e.g. cornfields
Synonyms:
harvest mouse; Micromyx minutus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("harvest 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)
Holonyms ("harvest mouse" is a member of...):
genus Micromyx; Micromyx (Old World harvest mice)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of several small greyish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fields
Synonyms:
American harvest mouse; harvest mouse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("harvest mouse" is a kind of...):
New World mouse (a variety of rodent)
Holonyms ("harvest mouse" is a member of...):
genus Reithrodontomys; Reithrodontomys (New World harvest mice)
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