MOUSE
ADJECTIVES
► MURICIDAL involving the killing of mice → 1966
► MYOIDAL mouse-like → 1847 obs.
NOUNS
► BEAR MOUSE a field mouse → 1857 Amer. dial.
► MAXWELL HOUSE a mouse → 1992 Brit. rhyming sl.
► MURICIDE a killer of mice or rats; specifically, a cat or dog → 1857
– the killing of rodents → 1924
► MURINE a mouse or a rat → 1879
► MUSOMANIA an abnormal love for mice → 1986 (Bk.)
► MUSOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of mice → 1986 (Bk.)
► ORTS mouse droppings → 19C colloq.
► RANNY the field mouse, or shrew mouse → 1559 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SACKS OF RICE mice → 1990s rhyming sl.
► UMIK a taboo name for a mouse → 1962 Sc.
VERBS
► PEAK to squeak like a mouse → 1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► QUEAK to squeak, to cry, as the young of rats and mice → Bk1905 Sc.
► YELP ► YILP to squeak as a mouse; to chirp as a bird → 1677 Eng. dial.
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