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  • 21house mouse — noun brownish grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide • Syn: ↑Mus musculus • Hypernyms: ↑mouse • Member Holonyms: ↑Mus, ↑genus Mus * * * noun : a mouse that frequents houses; …

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  • 22House Finch — Taxobox name = House Finch status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=53468|title=Carpodacus mexicanus|downloaded=12 May 2006] image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata …

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  • 23To bring down the house — House House (hous), n.; pl. {Houses}. [OE. hous, hus, AS. h?s; akin to OS. & OFries. h?s, D. huis, OHG. h?s, G. haus, Icel. h?s, Sw. hus, Dan. huus, Goth. gudh?s, house of God, temple; and prob. to E. hide to conceal. See {Hide}, and cf. {Hoard} …

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  • 24To keep house — House House (hous), n.; pl. {Houses}. [OE. hous, hus, AS. h?s; akin to OS. & OFries. h?s, D. huis, OHG. h?s, G. haus, Icel. h?s, Sw. hus, Dan. huus, Goth. gudh?s, house of God, temple; and prob. to E. hide to conceal. See {Hide}, and cf. {Hoard} …

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  • 25To keep open house — House House (hous), n.; pl. {Houses}. [OE. hous, hus, AS. h?s; akin to OS. & OFries. h?s, D. huis, OHG. h?s, G. haus, Icel. h?s, Sw. hus, Dan. huus, Goth. gudh?s, house of God, temple; and prob. to E. hide to conceal. See {Hide}, and cf. {Hoard} …

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  • 26house mouse — a brownish gray Old World mouse, Mus musculus, now common in the U.S. in or near houses. See illus. under mouse. [1825 35] * * * Common mouse species (Mus musculus, family Muridae), the mouse most often encountered in buildings. The house mouse… …

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  • 27House of the Butcher 2 — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel House of the Butcher 2 Originaltitel Andre the Butcher …

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  • 28pest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plague, pestilence, epidemic; parasite, infestation; nuisance, trouble; bane, scourge, curse. See badness, disease. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Anything destructive] Syn. virus, germ, insect pest, bug,… …

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  • 29house finch — noun small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico • Syn: ↑linnet, ↑Carpodacus mexicanus • Hypernyms: ↑finch • Member Holonyms: ↑Carpodacus, ↑genus Carpodacus * * * …

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  • 30house cricket — a dark brown cricket, Acheta domesticus, having a light colored head with dark crossbands, commonly occurring throughout North America and Europe, where it may be an indoor pest. [1765 75] * * * …

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