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pocket mouse in American English
any of various small, nocturnal, long-tailed mice (family Heteromyidae) with fur-lined cheek pouches for carrying food to their burrows: found in W and SW North America
noun: any of numerous burrowing rodents, esp. of the genus Perognathus, chiefly inhabiting arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, having fur-lined cheek pouches and a long tail

pocket mouse in British English
noun: any small mouselike rodent with cheek pouches, of the genus Perognathus, of desert regions of W North America: family Heteromyidae

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