Definition of Pygmy mouse

1. Noun. Very small dark greyish brown mouse resembling a house mouse; of Texas and Mexico.

Exact synonyms: Baiomys Taylori
Generic synonyms: Wood Mouse
Group relationships: Baiomys, Genus Baiomys

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pygmy Mouse

pygidium
pygidiums
pygmaean
pygmalion
pygmalions
pygmean
pygmies
pygmoid
pygmy
pygmy chimpanzee
pygmy chimpanzees
pygmy cypress
pygmy giant panda
pygmy hippopotamus
pygmy marmoset
pygmy mouse (current term)
pygmyish
pygmyism
pygmyisms
pygo-
pygopod
pygopodid
pygopodids
pygopodous
pygopods
pygostyle
pygostyles
pygostylian

Literary usage of Pygmy mouse

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

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... results of the present study demonstrate that, in the pygmy mouse, the basal serum concentrations of immunoreactive GH and PRL are in the normal range. ..."

2. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"... AFRICA MADAGASCAR diminutive pygmy mouse lemurs weighing under nine ounces (25 g) to handsome black-and- white, teddy-bear-like indris at more than 15 ..."

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