Mus

See also: mus, mūs, mús, and Muś

Translingual

house mouse (Mus musculus)

Etymology

Latin mus (“mouse”)

Proper noun

Mus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Muridae – the mice.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Myomorpha – suborder; Muroidea – superfamily; Muridae – family; Murinae – subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): , , ,  - subgenera
  • Mus musculus – type species; for many others, see Mus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Mus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Mus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Mus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Mus at AnimalBase
• Mus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Mus in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.

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English

Noun

Mus

1. plural of Mu

Anagrams

• Sum, UMS, sum, ums

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German muos, from Old High German muos, from Proto-Germanic *mōsą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːs/

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• Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

Mus n (genitive Muses, plural Muse)

1. mush, squish

Derived terms

• Apfelmus
• Kükenvermuser
• musen
• Pflaumenmus

Further reading

• “Mus” in Duden online

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Plautdietsch

Noun

Mus f (plural Mies)

1. mouse