Definitions for jumping mouse
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
jump′ing mouse`(n.)
any mouselike rodent of the subfamily Zapodinae, having hind legs modified for jumping.
Category: Zoology, Mammals
Origin of jumping mouse:
1820–30
Princeton's WordNet
jumping mouse(noun)
any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America
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