鹿鼠

[ noun ]
brownish New World mouse; most widely distributed member of the genus
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Deer \Deer\ (d[=e]r), n. sing. & pl. [OE. der, deor, animal,
wild animal, AS. de['o]r; akin to D. dier, OFries. diar, G.
thier, tier, Icel. d[=y]r, Dan. dyr, Sw. djur, Goth. dius; of
unknown origin. [root]71.]
1. Any animal; especially, a wild animal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Mice and rats, and such small deer. --Shak.

The camel, that great deer. --Lindisfarne
MS.

2. (Zo["o]l.) A ruminant of the genus {Cervus}, of many
species, and of related genera of the family {Cervid[ae]}.
The males, and in some species the females, have solid
antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually.
Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called
{venison}.

Note: The deer hunted in England is {Cervus elaphus}, called
also stag or {red deer}; the fallow deer is {Cervus
dama}; the common American deer is {Cervus
Virginianus}; the blacktailed deer of Western North
America is {Cervus Columbianus}; and the mule deer of
the same region is {Cervus macrotis}. See {Axis},
{Fallow deer}, {Mule deer}, {Reindeer}.

Note: Deer is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, deerkiller, deerslayer, deerslaying,
deer hunting, deer stealing, deerlike, etc.

{Deer mouse} (Zo["o]l.), the white-footed mouse ({Peromyscus
leucopus}, formerly {Hesperomys leucopus}) of America.

{Small deer}, petty game, not worth pursuing; -- used
metaphorically. (See citation from Shakespeare under the
first definition, above.) ``Minor critics . . . can find
leisure for the chase of such small deer.'' --G. P. Marsh.

Mouse \Mouse\ (mous), n.; 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}.


fieldmouse \fieldmouse\, field mouse \field mouse\n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus
{Apodemus} inhabing woods and fields and gardens.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) any mouse inhabiting fields, as the {campagnol}
and the {deer mouse}. See {Campagnol}, and {Deer mouse}.