white-footed mouse

[ hwahyt-foot-id, wahyt- ]

noun
  1. any of several North American woodland mice of the genus Peromyscus, especially P. leucopus, having white feet and undersides.

Origin of white-footed mouse

1
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

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British Dictionary definitions for white-footed mouse

white-footed mouse

noun
  1. any of various mice of the genus Peromyscus, esp P. leucopus, of North and Central America, having brownish fur with white underparts: family Cricetidae: See also deer mouse

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