fat mouse

British  

noun

1. any nocturnal African mouse of the genus Steatomys , of dry regions: eaten as a delicacy by Africans because of their high fat content: family Muridae

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Example Sentences

In doing so, the fat mouse will get skinny.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2016

Before that time, a fat mouse can come back to being a skinny mouse again without too much adjustment.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2011

But the ones as got a good look claims it had a great fat mouse in its mouth, and it never let go, even when the bullets came after it.”

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

For many a fine fat mouse he brought, Yet of his wife he never thought, But ate up every one he caught.'

From Grimm's Fairy Tales by Grimm, Wilhelm

I’ve just eaten a sparrow, and not long ago I had a fine fat mouse, and, milk with it, and now I’ll have a nap.

From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Stables, Gordon