Definitions

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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Murinae — the mice.

Etymologies

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Latin mus ("mouse")

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Examples

  • Ditto re Suzanne's recommendation of the Rodin Musée if you haven't been there before.

    Metro Boulot Dodo - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • I have been fortunate enough to see some very nice dress specimen both in Musée Galliera in Paris and in the Rijksmuseum (for an exhibition about Rococo) in Amsterdam and they were awesome, the workmanship on them exquisite.

    A Bit of Fluff: Late Baroque Fashions Heather McDougal 2007

  • With thrilling immediacy, Humbert's book guides us through the first stumbling steps of what became known as the Musée de l'Homme roup, a disparate cell of writers, linguists, historians and social gadflies led by a charismatic Polish ethnographer, Boris Vildé.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Mary L. Dudziak 2008

  • With thrilling immediacy, Humbert's book guides us through the first stumbling steps of what became known as the Musée de l'Homme roup, a disparate cell of writers, linguists, historians and social gadflies led by a charismatic Polish ethnographer, Boris Vildé.

    Books on Economic History, War, Resistance, and Civil Rights reviewed this week Mary L. Dudziak 2008

  • Ja’afar bin Musá al-Hádi133 once had a slave-girl, a lutist, called Al – Badr al-Kabír, than whom there was not in her time

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • I've created a photo slide show from October 7th, the day we harvested the Merlot grapes that will be the foundation for our top red wine, a blend called Musée.

    Trent Preszler: A Day in the Life of a Winery at Harvest Trent Preszler 2010

  • First, the Mus were awarded a large swath of land that came with laborers. 66 All of their properties enjoyed tax exemption.

    Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008

  • I've created a photo slide show from October 7th, the day we harvested the Merlot grapes that will be the foundation for our top red wine, a blend called Musée.

    Trent Preszler: A Day in the Life of a Winery at Harvest Trent Preszler 2010

  • It comes from the collection of works of art known as Musées Nationaux Récupération (MNR) and features some major European artists.

    Recovered From Nazi Germany Meir Ronnen 2008

  • He was correcting an error in Musæus; [1] I had laid down my pen and begun one of my melodious whistles, upon which he cried for mercy for God’s sake, and asked if you liked my whistling; adding that he would spirit you up to rebellion if ever I did any thing you did not like.

    Letter 200 1797

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