What does house mouse mean?

house mouse means "brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide".

What is another word for house mouse?

Close synonyms include Mus musculus. 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 house mouse a common word?

house 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.

House mouse — meaning and 1 synonym

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide
SynonymsMus musculus
Broadermouse
Part ofMus

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What does house mouse mean?: house mouse means "brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide".
What is another word for house mouse?: Close synonyms include Mus musculus. 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.

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