marsupial mouse noun any of various mouse-sized to rat-sized marsupials of the family Dasyuridae, occurring in Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania: some species are rare or endangered. the mouselike crested-tailed Dasycercus cristicauda of Australian deserts. Liberaldictionary.com
Also called marsupial rat. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for marsupial mouse marsupial mouse noun any mouselike insectivorous marsupial of the subfamily Phascogalinae: family Dasyuridae Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012