white-footed mouse

[ hwahyt-foot-id, wahyt- ]

noun

1. any of several North American woodland mice of the genus Peromyscus, especially P. leucopus, having white feet and undersides.

white-footed mouse

noun

1. any of various mice of the genus Peromyscus, esp P. leucopus, of North and Central America, having brownish fur with white underparts: family Cricetidae See also deer mouse

Word History and Origins

Origin of white-footed mouse¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60