Field mouse, Flying mouse, etc. See under Field, Flying, etc. -- Mouse
bird (Zoöl.), a coly. -- Mouse deer (Zoöl.), a chevrotain, as the
kanchil. -- Mouse galago (Zoöl.), 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. (Zoöl.) (a) A hawk
that devours mice. (b) The hawk owl; -- called also mouse owl. -- Mouse
lemur (Zoöl.), 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.
Mouse (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mousing
(?).] 1. To watch for and catch mice.
2. To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry about, on
the lookout for something.
Mouse, v. t. 1. To tear, as a cat devours a mouse. [Obs.] "[Death]
mousing the flesh of men." Shak.
2. (Naut.) To furnish with a mouse; to secure by means of a mousing.
See Mouse, n., 2.
Mouse"-ear` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) The forget-me-not (Myosotis palustris)
and other species of the same genus. (b) A European species of hawkweed
(Hieracium Pilosella).
Mouse-ear chickweed, a name of two common species of chickweed
(Cerastium vulgarium, and C. viscosum). -- Mouse-ear cress, a low
cruciferous herb (Sisymbrium Thaliana). All these are low herbs with
soft, oval, or obovate leaves, whence the name.
Mouse"fish` (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Frogfish.
Mouse"hole` (?), n. A hole made by a mouse, for passage or abode, as in
a wall; hence, a very small hole like that gnawed by a mouse.
Mouse"kin (?), n. A little mouse. Thackeray.
Mous"er (?), n. 1. A cat that catches mice.