Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mice"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mice \Mice\, n.,
pl of {Mouse}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents
belonging to the genus {Mus} and various related genera of
the family {Murid[ae]}. The common house mouse ({Mus
musculus}) is found in nearly all countries. The American
white-footed, or deer, mouse ({Hesperomys leucopus})
sometimes lives in houses. See {Dormouse}, {Meadow mouse},
under {Meadow}, and {Harvest mouse}, under {Harvest}.
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