murine

Definition of Murine in English :

1. murine

a rodent that is a member of the family Muridae

2. murine

of or relating to or transmitted by a member of the family Muridae (rats and mice)

Example Sentences:
'a murine plague'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Murine

adjective

1.

of, relating to, or belonging to the Muridae, an Old World family of rodents, typically having long hairless tails: includes rats and mice

2.

resembling a mouse or rat

noun

3.

any animal belonging to the Muridae

adjective

1.

of the murids, or family of rodents including the Old World rats and mice

noun

2.

a murine rodent

adj.

1. Of or relating to a rodent of the subfamily Murinae, which includes the house mouse and the brown rat.

2. Caused, transmitted by, or affecting such a rodent: murine leukemia.

n.

A murine rodent.