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pocket mouse

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pocket mouse
n.
Any of various small, nocturnal North American burrowing rodents of the genus Perognathus, related to the kangaroo rat and having fur-lined external cheek pouches, small ears, and a long tail.
pocket mouse
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small mouselike rodent with cheek pouches, of the genus Perognathus, of desert regions of W North America: family Heteromyidae
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Noun1.pocket mouse - any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail
pocket rat - any of various rodents with cheek pouches
family Heteromyidae, Heteromyidae - small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats
Perognathus flavus, silky pocket mouse - small pale yellowish soft-furred rodent of southwestern United States and Mexico
Perognathus flavescens, plains pocket mouse - small rodent of open areas of United States plains states
hispid pocket mouse, Perognathus hispidus - large stiff-haired rodent of shortgrass prairies of United States
Liomys irroratus, Mexican pocket mouse - large pocket mouse of Mexico
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