 |
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
mice \mice\ (m[imac]s), noun, pl. of {Mouse}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mouse \Mouse\ (mous), noun; pl. {Mice} (m[imac]s). [OE. mous, mus, AS. m[=u]s, pl. m[=y]s; akin to D. muis, G. maus, OHG. & Icel. m[=u]s, Dan. muus, Sw. mus, Russ. muishe, L. mus, Gr. my^s, Skr. m[=u]sh mouse, mush to steal. [root]277. Cf. {Muscle}, {Musk}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus {Mus} and various related genera of the family {Murid[ae]}. The common house mouse ({Mus musculus}) is found in nearly all countries. The American {white-footed mouse}, or {deer mouse} ({Peromyscus leucopus}, formerly {Hesperomys leucopus}) sometimes lives in houses. See {Dormouse}, {Meadow mouse}, under {Meadow}, and {Harvest mouse}, under {Harvest}.
2. (Naut.) (a) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping. (b) Same as 2d {Mousing}, 2.
3. A familiar term of endearment. --Shak.
4. A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow. [Slang]
5. A match used in firing guns or blasting.
{Field mouse}, {Flying mouse}, etc. See under {Field}, {Flying}, etc.
{Mouse bird} (Zo["o]l.), a coly.
{Mouse deer} (Zo["o]l.), a chevrotain, as the kanchil.
{Mouse galago} (Zo["o]l.), a very small West American galago ({Galago murinus}). In color and size it resembles a mouse. It has a bushy tail like that of a squirrel.
{Mouse hawk}. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A hawk that devours mice. (b) The hawk owl; -- called also {mouse owl}.
{Mouse lemur} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of very small lemurs of the genus {Chirogaleus}, found in Madagascar.
{Mouse piece} (Cookery), the piece of beef cut from the part next below the round or from the lower part of the latter; -- called also {mouse buttock}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
mouse
noun
1: any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
2: a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the mouse is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad; "a mouse takes much more room than a trackball" [syn: {computer mouse}]
verb
1: to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" [syn: {sneak}, {creep}, {steal}, {pussyfoot}]
2: manipulate the mouse of a computer [also: {mice} (pl)]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
mice See {mouse}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
MICE {Multimedia Integrated Conferencing for European Researchers}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
mice {mouse}
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
MICE Modular Integrated Communications Environment
 |
Definitions retrieved from local copies of the freely distributed DICT client/server software and databases. Click here for database copyright information. - KM |