murine

Meanings

Adjective

  • Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a mouse.
  • More generally, of, pertaining to, or characteristic of any rodent up to the taxonomic rank of Muroidea, most often with reference to mice and rats of the subfamily Murinae.

Noun

  • Any murine mammal.

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Origin

  • From Latin stem, mur-, of mus -ine.

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