jumping mouse

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noun

any of several primitive, mouselike rodents of the family Zapodidae, having long hind legs, common in the woodlands of Europe, Asia, and North America.

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Origin of jumping mouse

First recorded in 1820–30

Words nearby jumping mouse

jumping bristletail, jumping gene, jumping genes, jumping hare, jumping jack, jumping mouse, jumping-off place, jumping-off place or point, jumping plant louse, jumping spider, jump jet

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How to use jumping mouse in a sentence

He said he spent his time doing “Mickey Mouse make-work,” digging though old records for long-abandoned well sites.
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But also in The Two Towers, we had the scene where he was jumping on a horse.
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But his voice never seems to crack or weaken, and he's always in motion—jiggling, aerobic walking, jumping, dancing.
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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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Every few days after that the boy took Squinty out of his pen, and let him do the rope-jumping and the acorn-hunting tricks.
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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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One of Yung Pak's favourite toys was a wooden jumping-jack with a pasteboard tongue.
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British Dictionary definitions for jumping mouse

jumping mouse

noun

any long-tailed small mouselike rodent of the family Zapodidae, of North America, E Asia, and N and E Europe, having long hind legs specialized for leaping

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