white-footed mouse

[ hwahyt-foot-id, wahyt- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

any of several North American woodland mice of the genus Peromyscus, especially P. leucopus, having white feet and undersides.

white-footed mouse

See deer mouse
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

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

He had a partly eaten white-footed mouse slung across the branch beside him, probably the remains of his breakfast.

Fifty mouse traps set in this habitat took on the first night, August 15, one prairie white-footed mouse and one prairie vole.

A northern white-footed mouse was caught alive by the Helming boys in an orchard on July 16.

I had a curious experience with a white-footed mouse in the cellar one winter.

Epitedia wenmanni was found on the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) and only rarely on the prairie vole.

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