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house mouse

A common gray or brownish-gray mouse (Mus musculus) that lives in or near buildings and often carries disease. It is frequently used in laboratory experiments.

house mouse

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various greyish mice of the Old World genus Mus, esp M. musculus, a common household pest in most parts of the world: family Muridae

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house mouse - brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide

Mus musculus

mouse - any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails

genus Mus, Mus - type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch

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house mouse (redirected from Common house mouse)

house mouse
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