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| mu·rine [ myrin, my rn ] |
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| Definition: |
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1. of mouse and rat family: relating to or belonging to the family of long-tailed rodents that includes rats and mice. Family Muridae.
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2. like rodent: resembling a mouse or a rat
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3. spread by rodents: caused or transmitted by mice or rats
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| [Early 17th century. < Latin murinus< mur- "mouse"] |