pocket mouse

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.

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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

Thesaurus

Noun

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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