fancy mouse
Bred pet rodent
A fancy mouse is a domesticated mouse bred as a pet, distinguished from wild mice and laboratory mice.
The "fancy" here means bred for particular traits—coat colors, patterns, ear shapes, or temperament—much as one might speak of fancy pigeons or other fancy breeds.
She keeps fancy mice and enters them in competitions.
- petDomesticated household companion
- pet shopRetail animal vendor
- rodentGnawing mammal order
- cageBarred confinement structure
- exercise wheelSpinning disk for captive animals
small pet · wheel · bedding · wood shavings · whiskers · tail · breeding · show · pied · spotted · coat · albino · fur coat · domestic · tame · squeaking · nibbling · pellets
domestication/breeding purpose
fancy mousewild mouse
Undomesticated small rodent
house mouse · field mouse · deer mouse · wood mouse · laboratory mouse
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