white-footed mouse
noun
white-foot·​ed mouse
| \ ˈhwīt-ˌfu̇-təd-
, ˈwīt-\
, ˈwīt-\
Definition of white-footed mouse
: any of various largely nocturnal mice (genus Peromyscus) of North and Central America typically having whitish feet and underparts
especially
: a common woodland mouse (P. leucopus) of North America
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white-footed mouse
noun
white-foot·​ed mouse
| \ ˌ(h)wīt-ˌfu̇t-əd-
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Medical Definition of white-footed mouse
: a common woodland mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) that has whitish feet and underparts and that is a reservoir for the spirochete of the genus Borrelia (B. burgdorferi) causing Lyme disease