单词 | murine |
释义 | murineadj.n. A. adj. 1. Of, resembling, characteristic of, or derived from a mouse or mice; mouse-like; (Zoology) of or relating to members of the subfamily Murinae or (formerly) the family Muridae, comprising Old World mice and rats. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [adjective] > like a mouse murine1607 mousy1853 murinoid1864 muriform1890 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 506 The Murin wantonnesse of Xenophon [Gk. καταπυγοσύνην μυὸς Ξενοϕῶντος]. a1729 E. Taylor Metrical Hist. Christianity (1962) 353 Lo this murine fray Was in the third yeare of his Bishopdom. 1877 E. Coues & J. A. Allen Monogr. N. Amer. Rodentia (U.S. Geol. Surv. Territories, vol. XI) 7 Sigmodont rats..; highly murine in general aspect. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 419/1 This [sc. the subfamily Murinae] includes the typical murine forms, divided into 15 genera with over three hundred species. 1928 Science 67 531 Compared with other mutant forms of murine rodents, the specimen bears a close similarity to the albino allelomorphs. 1964 Cancer Res. 24 1544 Small embryoid bodies..were obtained from ascitic conversion of a murine terato-carcinoma. 1979 D. Adams Hitch Hiker's Guide to Galaxy xxxi. 148 ‘Since when’, continued his murine colleague, ‘we have had an offer of a quite enormously fat contract.’ 1992 Economist 24 Oct. 124/3 The p53 gene..was found in mice first, and studies of its murine form have revealed much about the human version. 2. Affecting mice or murids generally. See also murine typhus n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of rodents > [adjective] Shope1934 murine1937 myxomatized1953 myxy1962 1937 Science 31 Dec. 618/2 It is known that the rat strain of leprosy can be induced in all other types of rats...It will be of interest to determine whether this is as specific a strain for mice as the murine form is for rats. 1988 Q. N. Myrvik & R. S. Weiser Fund. Med. Bacteriol. & Mycol. (ed. 2) xxiv. 349 Among the several toxins produced by Y. pestis, one called plague exotoxin or ‘murine toxin’ is toxic for mice and rats. 1996 Jrnl. Biomed. Sci. 3 14 CPT prevented the development of lymphoma..in mice infected with the Moloney murine leukemia virus. B. n. A rodent of the subfamily Murinae or (formerly) the family Muridae; a mouse or a rat. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Mus or mouse mouseeOE mousy1692 murine1879 1879 Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 112 These, although true Murines, have a very Rabbit-like character. 1894–5 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. III. 119 The pretty little murine known as the Malabar spiny-mouse. 1909 Science 30 119 Mr. Osgood undertook the revision of this great genus of American murines. 1977 Folia Zoologica 26 319 Microtines predominated in the catches on evening inspections of the traps; murines and shrews, on the morning ones. 1998 Amer. Mus. Novitates No. 3237. 2/1 In this last feature, it is unique among species of extant murines. Compounds murine opossum n. = manicou n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Didelphidae (opossum) > other types of philander1753 marmose1774 murine opossum1796 water opossum1819 yapock1827 manicou1953 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xxii. 144 A murine or mouse opossum. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 796/2 The third group [of the genus Didelphys] is Micoureus... Its best-known species is the Murine Opossum (D. murina), no larger than a house-mouse, of a bright red colour. 1991 R. M. Nowak Walker's Mammals of World (ed. 5) I. 15/2 Murine opossums are courageous fighters for their size. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † murinev. Obsolete. transitive. To marinate or pickle (fish, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > pickle or preserve [verb (transitive)] souse1387 conditec1420 comfit1484 pickle1526 confect1558 preserve1563 marl1598 murine1656 marble1661 mango1728 caveach1739 to put down1782 process1878 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > pickle or preserve [verb (transitive)] > preserve in marinade marine1566 marinate1645 marill1653 murine1656 marinado1682 marinade1727 jerk1903 1656 tr. Marnettè Perfect Cook ii. 24 To murine Carps. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 83/2 Murine, or Marinate, is to pickle any sort of Fish, for to keep them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1607v.1656 |
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