marsupial mouse

noun

1. any of various mouse-sized to rat-sized marsupials of the family Dasyuridae, occurring in Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania: some species are rare or endangered.
2. the mouselike crested-tailed Dasycercus cristicauda of Australian deserts.

marsupial mouse

noun

1. any mouselike insectivorous marsupial of the subfamily Phascogalinae: family Dasyuridae

Example Sentences

His team sequenced this predator’s genome as well as the genomes of several potential surrogate species, including the dunnart or marsupial mouse.

From Science Magazine

Half an hour later he killed a fat bandicoot, who was engaged at that moment in killing a tiny marsupial mouse.

From Project Gutenberg