water mouse

English

Alternative forms
  • water-mouse, watermouse

Etymology

From Middle English water mous, watermowse, equivalent to water +‎ mouse.

Noun

water mouse (plural water mice)

  1. (zoology) Any of several species of Australian mouse of the genus Hydromys, native to Australia, with strong hind legs and partially webbed toes.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for water mouse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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