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单词 murine
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murineadj.n.

Brit. /ˈmjʊərʌɪn/, /ˈmjɔːrʌɪn/, /ˈmjʊərɪn/, /ˈmjɔːrɪn/, U.S. /ˈmjʊˌrin/
Forms: 1600s murin, 1700s– murine.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mūrīnus.
Etymology: < classical Latin mūrīnus of or belonging to a mouse < mūr- , mūs (see mouse n.) + -īnus -ine suffix1. Compare French murins (1837), murines (1845), plural nouns, murin, adjective (1845), scientific Latin †Murina, family name (J. K. W. Illiger Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium (1811) 84), Murinae, subfamily name (A. Murray 1866).
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymon: marine v.
Etymology: Probably alteration of marine v. after classical Latin muria brine (see muriatic adj.).
Obsolete.
transitive. To marinate or pickle (fish, etc.).
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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).
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