7 definitions
for mice
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
mice \mice\ (m[imac]s), n.,
pl. of Mouse.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Mouse \Mouse\ (mous), n.; pl. Mice (m[imac]s). [OE. mous, mus,
AS. m[=u]s, pl. m[=y]s; akin to D. muis, G. maus, OHG. &
Icel. m[=u]s, Dan. muus, Sw. mus, Russ. muishe, L. mus, Gr.
my^s, Skr. m[=u]sh mouse, mush to steal. [root]277. Cf.
Muscle, Musk.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents
belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of
the family Muridae. The common house mouse ({Mus
musculus) is found in nearly all countries. The American
white-footed mouse, or deer mouse ({Peromyscus
leucopus, formerly Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes lives
in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under Meadow,
and Harvest mouse, under Harvest.
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2. (Naut.)
(a) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to
prevent a running eye from slipping.
(b) Same as 2d Mousing, 2.
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3. A familiar term of endearment. --Shak.
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4. A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow. [Slang]
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5. A match used in firing guns or blasting.
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Field mouse, Flying mouse, etc. See under Field,
Flying, etc.
Mouse bird (Zool.), a coly.
Mouse deer (Zool.), a chevrotain, as the kanchil.
Mouse galago (Zool.), a very small West American galago
({Galago murinus). In color and size it resembles a
mouse. It has a bushy tail like that of a squirrel.
Mouse hawk. (Zool.)
(a) A hawk that devours mice.
(b) The hawk owl; -- called also mouse owl.
Mouse lemur (Zool.), any one of several species of very
small lemurs of the genus Chirogaleus, found in
Madagascar.
Mouse piece (Cookery), the piece of beef cut from the part
next below the round or from the lower part of the latter;
-- called also mouse buttock.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
mouse
n 1: any of numerous small rodents typically resembling
diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on
elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
2: a hand-operated electronic device that controls the
coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you
move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the mouse is a
ball that rolls on the surface of the pad; "a mouse takes
much more room than a trackball" [syn: computer mouse]
v 1: to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around
spying on the neighbor's house" [syn: sneak, creep,
steal, pussyfoot]
2: manipulate the mouse of a computer
[also: mice (pl)]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
mice
See mouse
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) :
MICE
Modular Integrated Communications Environment
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
MICE
Multimedia Integrated Conferencing for European Researchers
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
mice
mouse
