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Noun: cactus mouse
  1. Burrowing mouse of desert areas of southwestern United States
    "Cactus mice are well-adapted to survive in the harsh Sonoran Desert";
    - Peromyscus eremicus

Derived forms: cactus mice

Type of: Peromyscus leucopus, vesper mouse, white-footed mouse, wood mouse

Part of: genus Peromyscus, Peromyscus

Encyclopedia: Cactus mouse