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Meaning of "mouselike" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MOUSELIKE

mouselike  [ˈmaʊsˌlaɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOUSELIKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mouselike is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MOUSELIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of mouselike in the English dictionary

The definition of mouselike in the dictionary is like or resembling any of numerous small long-tailed rodents of the families Muridae and Cricetidae that are similar to but smaller than rats. Other definition of mouselike is quiet, timid, or cowardly.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOUSELIKE


boxlike
ˈbɒksˌlaɪk
businesslike
ˈbɪznɪsˌlaɪk
fencelike
ˈfɛnsˌlaɪk
forceps-like
ˈfɔːsɪpsˌlaɪk
foxlike
ˈfɒksˌlaɪk
fungus-like
ˈfʌŋɡəsˌlaɪk
furnace-like
ˈfɜːnɪsˌlaɪk
glasslike
ˈɡlɑːsˌlaɪk
grasslike
ˈɡrɑːsˌlaɪk
harness-like
ˈhɑːnɪsˌlaɪk
horselike
ˈhɔːsˌlaɪk
lacelike
ˈleɪsˌlaɪk
nurselike
ˈnɜːsˌlaɪk
princelike
ˈprɪnsˌlaɪk
purselike
ˈpɜːsˌlaɪk
pusslike
ˈpʊsˌlaɪk
Tardis-like
ˈtɑːdɪsˌlaɪk
trancelike
ˈtrɑːnsˌlaɪk
virus-like
ˈvaɪərəsˌlaɪk
waxlike
ˈwæksˌlaɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOUSELIKE

mousaka
mouse
mouse deer
mouse jockey
mouse pad
mouse-ear
mouse-ear chickweed
mousebird
mousekin
mousemat
mouseover
mousepiece
mouser
mousery
mousetail
mousetrap
mousetrapped
mousetrapping
mousey
mousie

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOUSELIKE

apelike
belike
dislike
eyelike
homelike
lifelike
mazelike
needlelike
platelike
plumelike
slatelike
sleevelike
smokelike
snakelike
spongelike
tapelike
tilelike
tonguelike
treelike
wavelike
wifelike

Synonyms and antonyms of mouselike in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mouselike» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOUSELIKE

Find out the translation of mouselike to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mouselike from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mouselike» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

mouselike
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mouselike
570 millions of speakers

English

mouselike
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mouselike
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mouselike
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мышевидных
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

camundongo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mouselike
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mouselike
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mouselike
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

maus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mouselike
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mouselike
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mouselike
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mouselike
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mouselike
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

माउझीलइक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mouselike
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

da topo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mouselike
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мишоподібних
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mouselike
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mouselike
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mouselike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mouselike
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mouselike
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mouselike

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOUSELIKE»

The term «mouselike» is normally little used and occupies the 117.755 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOUSELIKE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mouselike

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOUSELIKE»

Discover the use of mouselike in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mouselike and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mouselike Pipistrelle
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Mouselike Pipistrelle (Hypsugo musciculus) is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.
Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2011
2
Walker's Mammals of the World
Mouselike. Hamsters. Musser and Carleton (in Wilson and Reeder 1993) listed six species: C. mystax, southern Turkmenistan, north-central and northeastern Iran, northwestern Afghanistan; C. urartensis, northwestern Iran and adjacent ...
Ronald M. Nowak, 1999
3
Atlas of Mammalian Chromosomes
... 497 Gundi: atlas, 312; Sahara, 313 Gymnobelideus leadbeateri, 37 Gymnure: Philippine, 360 H Halichoerus grypus, 535 Hamster: Afghan mouselike, 200; black-bellied, 206; Brandt's, 216, 217; Campbell's, 204; Chinese, 212; ciscaucasian, ...
Stephen J. O'Brien, Joan C. Menninger, William G. Nash, 2006
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The Mystery Fancier (Vol. 8 No. 3) May-June 1984
But I don't even have a mouselike exterior! N: I never though of Woolrich's mother as a mouselike person. I don't know if you know this, but he did write an autobiography — though he never finished it. He had four unfinished books when he ...
Guy M. Townsend, 2010
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Mammals of the Soviet Union, Volume 2 Part 2 Carnivora ...
From among mouselike rodents the lynx often catches the forest mouse [ Apodemus], and bush vole [Pitymys}. Ungulates constitute the main winter prey of lynx in the Caucasus, however, and in summer mouselike rodents. Ungulates suffer ...
V. G. Heptner, 1992
6
On the Land
Mice. and. Of all present-day mammals, mouselike rodents are by far the most numerous.They live in all habitats, and have reached every continent except Antarctica.There are over 1,100 species of them, nearly one quarter of all mammals.
‎2003
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The Biology of Small Mammals
Representative families include Madagascar rats and mice (Nesomyidae); mouselike hamsters (Calomyscidae); voles and mice (Cricetidae); Old World rats and mice (Muridae); spiny and soft-furred tree mice (Platacanthomyidae); dormice ...
Joseph F. Merritt, 2010
8
Exploring Mammals
Burrowers and Climbers amsters and dormice are America — as well as the familiar pet mouselike rodents. They guinea pigs and chinchillas. The are closely related to other squirrel- and mouselike rodents groups such as gerbils, ( suborder ...
Marshall Cavendish, Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2008
9
Beacham's Guide to International Endangered Species: Mammals ...
We follow, here, the taxonomy used by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in its designations of endangered species, which is to divide mouselike rodents into two families, Muridae and Cricetidae. All members of Muridae (called  ...
Walton Beacham, Kirk H. Beetz, 1998
10
Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Texas
Juvenile: Rusty edges on crown and back. VOICE: High, thin, mouselike jeet, like two int pebbles scrap- ing. SIMILAR SPECIES: Long wings and very attenuated look shared only by Baird's Sandpiper among other peeps, but Baird's browner, ...
Roger Tory Peterson, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOUSELIKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mouselike is used in the context of the following news items.
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2015 Lexus IS 350 AWD F Sport Review
Our only complaint is the mouselike Remote Touch interface that comes with the navigation system. It's distracting while on the move and the ... «Automoblog.net, Jul 15»
2
Rodent's possible delisting applauded
The mouselike animal eats mainly the grasses that commonly surround its habitat, according to the service. Its 1987 declaration that the animal ... «Kdminer, Jun 15»
3
Fatal Attraction: These Sex-Crazed Male Marsupials 'Do It' to Death
The new species are types of antechinuses — bristly haired, mouselike marsupials that eat creatures such as spiders and insects. Every year ... «NBCNews.com, Jun 15»
4
Best Verizon Edge Smartphones: Nexus 6, BlackBerry Z30, Galaxy …
... which features a quad-HD Super AMOLED display and the S Pen, which is a stylus with full-touch capabilities and mouselike functions. «Tech Times, Jun 15»
5
Is endangered vole out of the hole? Feds say yes; conservationists …
The mouselike animal eats mainly the grasses that commonly surround its habitat, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service. Its 1987 ... «Cronkite News, Jun 15»
6
Driver's Seat: Lexus IS350 offers unexpected excitement
... not that it is "less capable than rivals in spirited driving" or that its "navigation system's mouselike remote-touch interface is distracting to use.". «Philly.com, May 15»
7
2015 Lexus LS 460 worth the money
So does a center console-mounted, mouselike device that moves a cursor on a big, high-resolution, 12.3-inch display screen to activate and ... «The Augusta Chronicle, May 15»
8
Scott Sturgis/Driver's Seat: Lexus F-Sport pushes pedal on fun
... not that it is “less capable than rivals in spirited driving” or that its “navigation system's mouselike Remote Touch interface is distracting to use. «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 15»
9
Climate change could wipe out 16 percent of world's species …
The American pika, a small mouselike mammal intolerant of heat, for example, has already disappeared from more than one-third of its known ... «Arizona Daily Sun, Apr 15»
10
Eugene Robinson: GOP swims against gay-marriage tide
... gay businessmen, a perfect setting for one of his tour de force demonstrations of confrontational rhetoric, Cruz mostly maintained a mouselike ... «Omaha World-Herald, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mouselike [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mouselike>. Apr 2024 ».
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