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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Word of the Day – 07/23/2011

murine

(noun) a rodent of the genus Mus.

(adj.) pertaining to mice, rats, and other rodents of the genus Mus.

from Rare Words II by Jan and Hallie Leighton; copyright 2008: Levenger Press

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

And all this time I thought Murine was something you put in your eyes to relieve redness and swelling.

Anonymous said...

Murine Eye Drops, in a little, dark blue bottle, is for redness and irritation. Who named these drops?

Anonymous said...

We don't need anymore rats that "THINK" they are smart,now do we?