murine

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin mūrīnus (“mouselike”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmjʊəɹaɪn/ Rhymes: -ʊəɹaɪn === Adjective === murine (comparative more murine, superlative most murine) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a mouse. Hypernyms: rodential < mammalian < animalian Coordinate terms: mouselike, mousy 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. Hypernyms: rodential < mammalian < animalian 1977, Richard Peto(WP) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === murine (plural murines) (zoology) Any murine rodent. Hypernyms: (taxonomically) myomorph, myodont < rodent < mammal < vertebrate < animal < organism; (otherwise) gnawer, critter, creature Near-synonyms: murid, muroid, mouse, rat, vole (all precisely differentiable but not always differentiated) ==== Usage notes ==== See murid § Usage notes. === Anagrams === murein, unimer == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /muˈri.ne/ Rhymes: -ine Hyphenation: mu‧rì‧ne === Adjective === murine feminine plural of murino == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [muːˈriː.nɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [muˈriː.ne] === Adjective === mūrīne vocative masculine singular of mūrīnus == Old French == === Etymology === Adjective murin, morin, from the verb morir (“to die”). === Noun === murine oblique singular, f (oblique plural murines, nominative singular murine, nominative plural murines) plague; pestilence ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: morine Norman: mouoréne Poitevin-Saintongeais: mourine