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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Desert \Des"ert\, a. [Cf. L. desertus, p. p. of deserere, and F.
     d['e]sert. See 2d Desert.]
     Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or
     cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate;
     solitary; as, they landed on a desert island.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           He . . . went aside privately into a desert place.
                                                    --Luke ix. 10.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
           And waste its sweetness on the desert air. --Gray.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Desert flora (Bot.), the assemblage of plants growing
        naturally in a desert, or in a dry and apparently
        unproductive place.
  
     Desert+hare+(Zo["o]l.),+a+small+hare+({Lepus+sylvaticus" rel="nofollow">Desert hare (Zo["o]l.), a small hare ({Lepus sylvaticus,
        var. Arizon[ae]) inhabiting the deserts of the Western
        United States.
  
     Desert mouse (Zo["o]l.), an American mouse ({Hesperomys
        eremicus), living in the Western deserts.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Desert \Des"ert\, a. [Cf. L. desertus, p. p. of deserere, and F.
     d['e]sert. See 2d Desert.]
     Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or
     cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate;
     solitary; as, they landed on a desert island.
  
           He . . . went aside privately into a desert place.
                                                    --Luke ix. 10.
  
           Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste
           its sweetness on the desert air.         --Gray.
  
     Desert flora (Bot.), the assemblage of plants growing
        naturally in a desert, or in a dry and apparently
        unproductive place.
  
     Desert+hare+(Zo["o]l.),+a+small+hare+({Lepus+sylvaticus" rel="nofollow">Desert hare (Zo["o]l.), a small hare ({Lepus sylvaticus,
        var. Arizon[ae]) inhabiting the deserts of the Western
        United States.
  
     Desert mouse (Zo["o]l.), an American mouse ({Hesperomys
        eremicus), living in the Western deserts.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  desert mouse
     n.
     (taxlink Pseudomys desertor species noshow=1), a murid found only in
  Australia.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  desert mouse
     n.
     (taxlink Pseudomys desertor species noshow=1), a murid found only in
  Australia.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  desert mouse
     n.
     (taxlink Pseudomys desertor species noshow=1), a murid found only in
  Australia.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  desert mouse
     n.
     (taxlink Pseudomys desertor species noshow=1), a murid found only in
  Australia.

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