water mouse

== English == === Alternative forms === water-mouse, watermouse === Etymology === From Middle English water mous, watermowse, equivalent to water +‎ mouse. === Noun === water mouse (plural water mice) (zoology) Any of several species of rodents of the genus Hydromys, native to New Guinea and Australia, with strong hind legs and partially webbed toes. Synonym: water rat Xeromys myoides ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== rakali === References === “water mouse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.