House mice could see it as a popular pear (6)
I believe the answer is:
comice
'see it as a popular pear' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'house mice' is the wordplay.
'house' becomes 'co' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'co'+'mice'='COMICE'
'could' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for comice that I've seen before include "Yellow dessert pear" , "Type of pear" , "Variety of pear" , "fruit" .)