house mouse
nounHow to pronounce house mouse:
Definition of house mouse:
- 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
Synonyms for house mouse:
mus musculus
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