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How to pronounce “mouse”

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Pronunciation guide for mouse

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of mouse with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Madagascar’s Mouse & Lemurs"Madagascar's Mouse Lemurs as a Model System
Definition summary: (loosely) Any of many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail.

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Madagascar’s Mouse & Lemurs

"Madagascar's Mouse Lemurs as a Model System

[Noun]
(loosely) Any of many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail.
A quiet or shy person.
(computing) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
(computing) A pointer.
(boxing) A facial hematoma or black eye.
(nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
(obsolete) A familiar term of endearment.
A match used in firing guns or blasting.
(set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
(historical) A small cushion for a woman's hair.
Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.
[Verb]
(intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
(intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. [from 12th c.]
(transitive, nautical) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
(intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
(obsolete, nonce word, transitive) To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.