Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

white-footed mouse

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables: white--foot-ed -mouse
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An American rodent of species Peromyscus leucopus, a reservoir for Borrelia burgdorferi, the cause of Lyme disease.

Inflected Forms

white-footed mice (plural)

Phrases

deer mouse

Frequently Paired Words

deer mouse

Synonyms

vesper mouse peromyscus leucopus

Questions

What does white-footed mouse mean?: An American rodent of species Peromyscus leucopus, a reservoir for Borrelia burgdorferi, the cause of Lyme disease.

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