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pocket mice

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pocket mouse

–noun
any of numerous burrowing rodents, esp. of the genus Perognathus, chiefly inhabiting arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, having fur-lined cheek pouches and a long tail.

Origin:
1880–85, Americanism
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