cotton mouse

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   large dark mouse of southeastern United States

   SynonymsPeromyscus gossypinus

   Broaderwood mouse

   Part ofPeromyscus

Questions about cotton mouse

What does cotton mouse mean?

cotton mouse means "large dark mouse of southeastern United States".

What is another word for cotton mouse?

Close synonyms include Peromyscus gossypinus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cotton mouse a common word?

cotton mouse is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.