fat mouse
noun
Definition of fat mouse
: any of several silky furred tropical and southern African short-tailed mice (genus Steatomys) regarded as a great delicacy by the natives
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Origin and Etymology of fat mouse
so called from its accumulation of oily fat before hibernation
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