POUCHED MOUSE

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Meaning:

Any of numerous small sharp-nosed insectivorous marsupials superficially resembling mice or rats

Synonyms:

marsupial mouse; marsupial rat; pouched mouse

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Nouns denoting animals

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

dasyurid; dasyurid marsupial (small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania)

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

genus Phascogale; Phascogale (pouched mice)