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jumping mouse
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jumping mouse
n.
Any of various small Eurasian and North American rodents of the family Zapodidae, having a very long tail and long hind legs.
jumping mouse
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any long-tailed small mouselike rodent of the family Zapodidae, of North America, E Asia, and N and E Europe, having long hind legs specialized for leaping
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Noun1.jumping mousejumping mouse - any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America
gnawer, rodent - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
family Zapodidae, Zapodidae - jumping mice
meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius - widely distributed in northeastern and central United States and Canada


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