adj 1 a  :  of or relating to the genus Mus or to its subfamily (Murinae) that includes most of the rats and mice which habitually live in intimate association with humans < rodents>   b  :  of, relating to, or produced by the house mouse <a odor>   2  :  affecting or transmitted by rats or mice < rickettsial diseases> 
n :  a murine animal .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  mo·ron  mRNA  mu·rein  mur·ri·na 
 
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