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collaredHaving a collar (or other encircling demarcation).
steppe lemmingnounLagurus lagurus, a small rodent.
collared lemmingnounAny rodent in the genus Dicrostonyx.
sable mousenounSynonym of lemming.
norway lemmingnounA lemming of species Lemmus lemmus, endemic of northern Scandinavia and northern Russia.
mousenounAny small rodent of the genus Mus.
volenounAny of a large number of species of small rodents of the tribes Arvicolini, Ellobiusini, Clethrionomyini, Pliomyini, Phenacomyini and Prometheomyini.
mouselingnounA baby mouse.
microtine(zoology) Of or relating to the subfamily Microtinae, including voles, lemmings and muskrats.
zebra mousenounAny of the small, striped, mouselike African rodents of genus Lemniscomys.
fingerlingnoun(zoology) A juvenile fish that has developed scales and working fins.
lemurinenounlemuroid
dipodinenounAny rodent of the subfamily Dipodinae
ground squirrelnounAny of a number of medium-sized squirrel-like burrowing rodents of the tribe Marmotini (i.e., excluding the smaller chipmunks and the larger marmots and prairie dogs).
chinchilloidnounAny rodent of the superfamily Chinchilloidea
otternounAn aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae.
molenounAny of several small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae.
desert ratnoun(historical, slang) A British or Australian soldier who served in North Africa with the British 7th Armoured Division in 1941-42.
mouse lemurnounAny of the nocturnal lemurs of the genus Microcebus native to Madagascar.
tree ratnoun(derogatory) A squirrel.

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