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Definitions for mice:

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
mice \mice\ (m[imac]s), n., pl. of Mouse. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridae. The common house mouse ({Mus musculus}) is found in nearly all countries. The American {white-footed mouse}, or deer mouse ({Peromyscus leucopus}, formerly Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes lives in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under Meadow, and Harvest mouse, under Harvest. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) (a) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping. (b) Same as 2d Mousing, 2. [1913 Webster] 3. A familiar term of endearment. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow. [Slang] [1913 Webster] 5. A match used in firing guns or blasting. [1913 Webster] Field mouse, Flying mouse, etc. See under Field, Flying, etc. Mouse bird (Zool.), a coly. Mouse deer (Zool.), a chevrotain, as the kanchil. Mouse galago (Zool.), a very small West American galago (Galago murinus). In color and size it resembles a mouse. It has a bushy tail like that of a squirrel. Mouse hawk. (Zool.) (a) A hawk that devours mice. (b) The hawk owl; -- called also mouse owl. Mouse lemur (Zool.), any one of several species of very small lemurs of the genus Chirogaleus, found in Madagascar. Mouse piece (Cookery), the piece of beef cut from the part next below the round or from the lower part of the latter; -- called also mouse buttock. [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 2.0 :
mouse n 1: any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails 2: a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the mouse is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad; "a mouse takes much more room than a trackball" [syn: computer mouse] v 1: to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" [syn: sneak, creep, steal, pussyfoot] 2: manipulate the mouse of a computer [also: mice (pl)]

WordNet (r) 2.0 :
mice See mouse

Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) :
MICE Modular Integrated Communications Environment

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
MICE Multimedia Integrated Conferencing for European Researchers

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
mice mouse

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