house mouse
noun
: a common nearly cosmopolitan grayish-brown mouse (Mus musculus) that usually lives and breeds about buildings, may act as a vector of diseases, and is an important laboratory animal
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The team collected museum specimens for the brown rat, house mouse, Eastern grey squirrel, Eastern chipmunk, muskrat, white-footed mouse, fox squirrel and Southern flying squirrel, making anatomical measurements of each for statistical comparisons.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Winter conditions could send house mice and white-footed mice indoors.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
What are some signs house mice may be in your home?
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2025
Adding to this devastation, house mice (Mus musculus) also made their way to the island around the same time, likely aboard ships like the SS Makambo.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Winter conditions could send house mice and white-footed mice indoors.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
What are some signs house mice may be in your home?
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2025
Adding to this devastation, house mice (Mus musculus) also made their way to the island around the same time, likely aboard ships like the SS Makambo.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for house mouse
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“House mouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/house%20mouse. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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