water mouse
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle English water mous, watermowse, equivalent to water + mouse.
Noun
editwater mouse (plural water mice)
- (zoology) Any of several species of rodents of the genus Hydromys, native to New Guinea and Australia, with strong hind legs and partially webbed toes.
- Synonym: water rat
- Xeromys myoides
Translations
editXeromys myoides
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See also
editReferences
edit- “water mouse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.