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harvest mouse definition

harvest mouse

  1. a very small European mouse (Micromys minutus) that builds its nest among the stalks of wild plants and growing grain
  2. any of a genus (Reithrodontomys) of very small New World mice with a very long tail

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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