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Noun: jumping mouse
  1. Any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America
    "The jumping mouse leaped impressively high for its small size"

Derived forms: jumping mice

Type of: gnawer, rodent

Part of: family Zapodidae, Zapodidae

Encyclopedia: Jumping mouse