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white-footed mouse
[ hwahyt-foot-id, wahyt- ]
noun
- any of several North American woodland mice of the genus Peromyscus, especially P. leucopus, having white feet and undersides.
white-footed mouse
noun
- any of various mice of the genus Peromyscus, esp P. leucopus, of North and Central America, having brownish fur with white underparts: family Cricetidae See also deer mouse
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Word History and Origins
Origin of white-footed mouse1
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
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Example Sentences
He had a partly eaten white-footed mouse slung across the branch beside him, probably the remains of his breakfast.
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Fifty mouse traps set in this habitat took on the first night, August 15, one prairie white-footed mouse and one prairie vole.
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A northern white-footed mouse was caught alive by the Helming boys in an orchard on July 16.
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I had a curious experience with a white-footed mouse in the cellar one winter.
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Epitedia wenmanni was found on the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) and only rarely on the prairie vole.
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