murine

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/ˈmjʊəɹaɪn/ English

Definitions

noun

Any murine mammal.

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the mouse, rat or (more generally) any mammal of the family Muridae.

Related words

Synonyms

mouse rodent smile mouselike rodential rodentlike mousey mousy muroid ratlike myomorph murid arvicolid arvicoline microtine cricetine

Associated

norovirus intraperitoneal oncogene encephalomyelitis retrovirus homolog chimeric homologue leukemia monoclonal typhus fibroblasts

Rhymes

keen obscene mean byzantine libertine careen lean demean preen glean

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