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Definition of Deer mouse

1. Noun. Brownish New World mouse; most widely distributed member of the genus.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deer Mouse

Literary usage of Deer mouse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"This is the largest and biggest-eared deer-mouse of Eastern North America, ... Almost equally interesting is the white-bellied Florida deer-mouse ..."

2. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
"With the exception of two house mice, the Baird deer mouse was the only mammal taken in the fore dunes. Traps set at the top of a blowout about 150 feet ..."

3. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1907)
"The inhabitants spoke of finding them frequently when taking wood from the beach. The common deer mouse is found in the wooded parts of the point and its ..."

4. Ethnozoology of the Tewa Indians by Junius Henderson, John Peabody Harrington (1914)
"Tornillo Deer-mouse. Reported at Santa Fe and other New Mexico localities, ... This is the only species of white-footed deer-mouse common at El Rito de los ..."

5. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1889)
"1880); the Report of the Crofters Commission (1884); and W. & AK Johnston's large map, showing all the deer-forests in Scotland ( 1888). deer mouse ..."

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