English Explanatory Dictionary

murine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a mouse.
  2. 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
  1. Any murine rodent.

Pronunciation

/ˈmjʊəɹaɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-murine.wav

Word forms

murine more murine most murine murines

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mūrīnus (“mouselike”).

Synonyms

murid muroid mouse rat vole

Derived words

antimurine murinise murinization murinize murinometric muromonab nonmurine

Translations

Arabic: فَأْرِيّ Belarusian: мышы́ны Belarusian: шчу́равы Belarusian: пацучы́ны Belarusian: пацуко́ў Bulgarian: ми́ши Catalan: murí Chinese Mandarin: 鼠科的 Chinese Mandarin: 鼠的 Czech: myší Czech: krysí Esperanto: musa Finnish: hiirimäinen Finnish: hiiri- French: murin German: Maus- German: mausartig German: murin Italian: murino Japanese: ネズミの Korean: 쥐의 Latin: mūrīnus Macedonian: глувчешки Polish: mysi Polish: szczurzy Portuguese: murino Russian: мыши́ный Russian: крыси́ный Serbo-Croatian: ми̏шјӣ Serbo-Croatian: mȉšjī Slovak: myší Slovak: myšací Slovene: mišji Spanish: murino Spanish: ratonero Ukrainian: ми́шачий Ukrainian: щуря́чий Ukrainian: пацюко́вий Ukrainian: пацю́чий
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