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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.

2. One who pries about on the lookout for
something.

Mouse"tail` (?), n. (Bot.)
A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Myosurus), in which the
prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so
resembles the tail of a mouse.

Mous"ie (?), n. Diminutive for
Mouse. Burns.

Mous"ing (?), a. Impertinently
inquisitive; prying; meddlesome.

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