white mouse

Pale laboratory animal

A white mouse is an albino or light-colored mouse, especially one bred for laboratory research or kept as a pet.

Lab mice are typically white because albino strains were among the first standardized for scientific experiments: The researchers tested the drug on white mice.

White mice also appear in magic acts and as children's pets.

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Undomesticated small rodent

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Research experiment animal

vermin · plague carrier

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G