Mus
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house mouse (Mus musculus)
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mus"
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Mus m
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Myomorpha – suborder; Muroidea – superfamily; Muridae – family; Murinae – subfamily; Murini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Mus (Coelomys), Mus (Mus), Mus (Nannomys), Mus (Pyromys) - subgenera
- Mus musculus – type species; for many others, see
Mus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Mus musculus – type species; for many others, see
Derived terms
terms derived from Mus spelled with 'u'
terms derived from Mus spelled with 'y'
- Acanthomys (syn. of Acomys)
- Acomys (spiny mice)
- Aconaemys (rock rats)
- Aegialomys
- Aeromys (large black flying squirrel)
- Aethomys
- Apomys
- †Archetypomys
- Arctomys (syn. of Urocitellus etc.)
- †Armintomys
- Batomys
- Beamys (long-tailed pouched rats)
- Belomys (hairy-footed flying squirrel)
- †Birbalomys
- Burramys (mountain pygmy possum etc.)
- †Canariomys
- Capromys (Desmarest's hutia)
- †Carletonomys
- Caryomys
- Cheiromys (syn. of Daubentonia)
- Chionomys
- Clethrionomys (syn. of Myodes)
- Crateromys
- Cricetomys (giant pouched rats)
- Crossomys
- Ctenomys (tuco-tucos)
- Cuscomys (chinchilla rats)
- Cynomys (prairie dogs)
- Dinomys
- Dipodomys
- Drymoreomys
- Echimys
- Eliomys
- Eomys
- Evotomys
- Galemys
- Geomys
- Glaucomys
- Guiomys
- Habromys
- Handleyomys
- Hoplomys
- Hydromys
- Hylaeamys
- Hylomys
- Iomys
- Ischyromys
- Isthmomys
- Lagomys (syn. of Ochotona)
- Lasiomys (syn. of Lophuromys)
- Lasiopodomys
- Leptomys
- Lophiomys
- Lophuromys
- Lundomys
- Malpaisomys
- Mastomys
- Maxomys
- Megalomys
- Melomys
- Mesomys
- Micromys
- Mindomys
- Neacomys
- Nectomys
- Neomys
- Noronhomys
- Notomys
- Octodontomys
- Oecomys
- Octomys
- Onychomys
- Oryzomys
- Pachyuromys
- Pedomys
- Petinomys
- Psammomys
- Pseudomys
- Pteromys
- Reithroparamys
- Rhizomys
- Saxatilomys
- Scolomys
- Scotinomys
- Sigmodontomys
- Stenomys
- Telecomys
- Thalacomys
- Thalpomys
- Thricomys
- Thryonomys
- Tonkinomys
- Transandinomys
- Uromys
- Zyzomys
References
Mus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Mus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Mus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Mus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Mus at AnimalBase
- Mus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Mus in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
English
Noun
Mus
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From Middle High German muos, from Old High German muos, from Proto-West Germanic *mōs, from Proto-Germanic *mōsą.
Pronunciation
Noun
Mus m or n (strong, genitive Muses, plural Muse)
Declension
Declension of Mus
Derived terms
Further reading
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From Middle Low German mûs, from Old Saxon mūs.
Noun
Mus f (plural Mies)