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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The leading genus of Muridæ, typical of the subfamily Murinæ.
  • noun An abbreviation of music, musical;
  • noun of museum.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun (Zoöl.) A genus of small rodents, including the common mouse and rat.

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

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  • Sum in reverse.

    November 3, 2007