kangaroo mouse

Questions about kangaroo mouse

What does kangaroo mouse mean?

kangaroo mouse means "small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for kangaroo mouse?

Close synonyms include dwarf pocket rat. 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 kangaroo mouse a common word?

kangaroo 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.