adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈmjʊəɹaɪn/
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rhymes with -ʊəɹaɪn
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a mouse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rodential, mammalian, animalian
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adj
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rodential, mammalian, animalian
3
noun
Meaning 3
Any murine rodent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
Examples
Near-synonyms: murid, muroid, mouse, rat, vole (all precisely differentiable but not always differentiated)
