Mice

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  mice \mice\ (m[imac]s), n.,
     pl. of {Mouse}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents
        belonging to the genus {Mus} and various related genera of
        the family {Muridae}. 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}.
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     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.
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     3. A familiar term of endearment. --Shak.
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     4. A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow. [Slang]
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     5. A match used in firing guns or blasting.
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     {Field mouse}, {Flying mouse}, etc. See under {Field},
        {Flying}, etc.
  
     {Mouse bird} (Zool.), a coly.
  
     {Mouse deer} (Zool.), a chevrotain, as the kanchil.
  
     {Mouse galago} (Zool.), 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}. (Zool.)
        (a) A hawk that devours mice.
        (b) The hawk owl; -- called also {mouse owl}.
  
     {Mouse lemur} (Zool.), 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}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mouse
       n 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}]
       v 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 Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  MICE
       Modular Integrated Communications Environment
       
       

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}