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onging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridæ. The common house mouse (Mus musculus) is found in nearly all countries. The American white-footed, or deer, mouse (Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes lives in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under Meadow, and Harvest mouse, under Harvest.…

A European species of hawkweed (Hieracium Pilosella). Mouse-ear chickweed, a name of two common species of chickweed (Cerastium vulgarium, and C. viscosum). -- Mouse-ear cress, a low cruciferous herb (Sisymbrium Thaliana). All these are low herbs with soft, oval, or obovate leaves, whence the name.

See Frogfish.

A hole made by a mouse, for passage or abode, as in a wall; hence, a very small hole like that gnawed by a mouse.

A little mouse. Thackeray.

A cat that catches mice.

prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the tail of a mouse.

Depressed; flattened. [Obs.] Though my nose be cammoused. B. Jonson

A small species of titmouse, with a black head; the coletit.

See Coletit.

A small European rodent of the genus Myoxus, of several species. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc.; -- so called because they are usually torpid in winter.

Renowned. [Obs.] Shak.

See Flittermouse.

A bat; a flittermouse.

A bat; -- called also flickermouse, flindermouse, and flintymouse.

A bat. [Obs.] Puttenham.

The leather-winged bat (Vespertilio murinus). [Written also reermouse.]

See Rearmouse.

A rearmouse.

A dorsibranchiate annelid, belonging to Aphrodite and allied genera, having long, slender, hairlike setæ on the sides.