"mousie" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mousies [plural]
Etymology: mouse + -ie Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mouse|ie}} mouse + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} mousie (plural mousies)
  1. Alternative form of mousy (“(diminutive or childish) a mouse”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: mousy (extra: (“(diminutive or childish) a mouse”))
    Sense id: en-mousie-en-noun-lnfjUHSe
  2. (fishing) A rat-tailed maggot used as bait. Categories (topical): Fishing Categories (lifeform): Aschizan flies
    Sense id: en-mousie-en-noun-4Ca5jsgr Disambiguation of Aschizan flies: 6 94 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 98 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 4 96 Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle

Inflected forms

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