Synonyms for murid

Most common

mouse · rat · murine · muroidean

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   Any rodent in the family Muridae.

   Near-synonyms: mouse, rat

Related words

Is a kind of

muroid myomorph myodont rodent mammal

Forms

Plural

murids → mouses, rats, murines, muroideans…

Example sentences

• mouse A dog runs after a cat, and the cat after a mouse.
• rat He hollowed out a mountain only to pull out a rat.
• murine Murine models are used in drug development research.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

rat¹

5 letters

mouse¹

6 letters

murine²

9 letters

muroidean

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (murine² = 2 syllables).