deer mouse

deer mouse


Origin:
1825–35, Americanism
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Deer mouse is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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deer mouse
 
n
See also white-footed mouse any of various mice of the genus Peromyscus, esp P. maniculatus, of North and Central America, having brownish fur with white underparts: family Cricetidae
 
[so named because of its agility]

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