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MUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch

Synonyms:

genus Mus; Mus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Mus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Mus"):

house mouse; Mus musculus (brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide)

Holonyms ("Mus" is a member of...):

family Muridae; Muridae (originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches)

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