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mouse-sized

mouse-sized

1 3.5
About the same size as a small mouse
  • adjective
  • /ˈmaʊsˌsaɪzd/
translation icon : del tamaño de un ratón
  • They found a mouse-sized figurine hidden in the corner of the shelf.

Examples

  • She closed the hidden compartment and set the mouse-sized desk into a niche in the wall by the window seat.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • In the last three years, research student Paul Honess and I have discovered that mouse-sized dwarf galagos from West Africa do not constitute one species, as was long assumed from museum specimens, but two.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The mouse-sized robot scuttled across the table, mimicking the movements of a real mouse.

  • The new technology allows for mouse-sized drones to navigate through small spaces.

Synonyms

tiny
vsmouse-sized
∞ 1.0

So small it can fit in your hand

focuses on a precise animal-based size comparison not generic smallness
miniature
vsmouse-sized
101 3.6

Very small in size compared with the usual type

indicates similarity to a small rodent size instead of extreme smallness
itty
vsmouse-sized
  • Informal
29 8.1

Very small in size

gives a literal comparison to a small rodent more exact than playful wording
shrew-sized
vsmouse-sized
7.4

About as small as a shrew, a tiny mouse-like animal

compares to a common small rodent rather than a general small size

How Big

huge
∞ 1.0
large
2 1.0
medium
162 1.3
small
2 1.1
mouse-sized
1 3.5

Surface Forms

mouse-sized positive

Morphology

mouse-sized = mouse (transparent) = mouse + sized

The adjective is formed productively from the noun 'mouse' plus the adjective-forming element '-sized', meaning 'having the size of a mouse'.

Etymology

Mouse-sized is a simple compound of mouse (the small rodent) and -sized meaning 'having the size of'. So, mouse-sized means 'about the size of a mouse', and we use it to say something is very small.