honey mouse

honey phalanger

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a small agile Australian marsupial, Tarsipes spenserae, having dark-striped pale brown fur, a long prehensile tail, and a very long snout and tongue with which it feeds on honey, pollen, and insects: family PhalangeridaeAlso called: honeysucker

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Words nearby honey mouse

honey guide, honey locust, honey mesquite, honeymoon, honeymoon bridge, honey mouse, honey mushroom, honey plant, honeypot, honey stomach, honeysucker

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How to use honey mouse in a sentence

Ancient Romans exchanged gifts of figs and honey and would make sure to work part of the day as a good omen for the coming year.
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Maybe our dear bear should sit quietly, not chase piglets and just eat berries and honey.
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He said he spent his time doing “Mickey Mouse make-work,” digging though old records for long-abandoned well sites.
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So Western governments are caught in a cat-and-mouse game and at times it is unclear who is the cat and who the mouse.
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Even the original score to the song labels the singing parts, “Mouse” (the woman) and “Wolf” (the man).
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And Mr. Meadow Mouse often remarked that it had more halls than any other dwelling he had ever seen.
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Some of those halls that Mr. Meadow Mouse mentioned ran right out beneath the surface of the garden.
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He had thought what it would be like to be a rich man, and bring a certain girl here for a moon of honey and roses.
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Mr. Meadow Mouse repeated, as if he wanted to be sure there was no misunderstanding about it.
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Grandfather Mole demanded of Mr. Meadow Mouse, almost as soon as he had stepped just outside the shade of the toadstool.
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