jumping mouse

/dʒəmpɪŋ maʊs/
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Other forms: jumping mice

Definitions of jumping mouse
  1. noun
    any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America
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    types:
    Zapus hudsonius, meadow jumping mouse
    widely distributed in northeastern and central United States and Canada
    type of:
    gnawer, rodent
    relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
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