GENUS MUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Mus mean? 

• GENUS MUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS MUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch

  Familiarity information: GENUS MUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS MUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Mus; Mus

Hypernyms ("genus Mus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Mus"):

house mouse; Mus musculus (brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide)

Holonyms ("genus Mus" is a member of...):

family Muridae; Muridae (originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches)

 Context examples 

Any of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridae.

(Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)