Pontic mouse
noun
An animal mentioned by Aristotle, used for its fur (sometimes identified with the weasel).
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Edward Topsell (d. 1625), Church of England clergyman and author. After classical Latin mūs Ponticus (Pliny), ancient Greek μῦς Ποντικός (Aristotle).
- lethal chamber
- lethal gene
- lethal injection
- lethality
- lethally
- lethargic
- lethargically
- lethargy
- Lethe
- Lethean
- letherwite
- Leticia
- let in (or out) the clutch
- let it all hang out
- let it be (or make something) known
- let me see
- let me see (or think)
- let me tell you
- Leto
- let-off
- let off steam
- let on
- let oneself go
- let oneself in for
- let one's hair down