Mus

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mus"

Translingual

House mouse (Mus musculus)

Etymology

Latin mus (“mouse”)

Proper noun

Mus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Muridae – typical mice.

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

Derived terms

terms derived from Mus spelled with 'u'

• Megadendromus
• Dendromus (African climbing mice)
• Apodemus (Eurasian field mice)
• Myomimus
• Pygeretmus
• Bullimus
• Cordimus
• Saccostomus
• Arborimus (tree voles)
• Lagostomus (plains viscacha)
• Gracilimus
• Petromus (dassie rat)
• Marymus
• Willmus
• Fallomus
• Antemus

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
• Category: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^[1] at Bucknell.

English

Noun

Mus

1. plural of Mu

Anagrams

• UMs, sum, MSU, UMS, Sum, ums

German

Etymology

From Middle High German muos, from Old High German muos, from Proto-West Germanic *mōs, from Proto-Germanic *mōsą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːs/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

Mus n or (regional) m (strong, genitive Muses, plural Muse)

1. mush, mash (food of a pulpy consistency, chiefly made out of fruit and vegetables)

   Synonyms: Brei, Püree

   Der Kleine kriegt ein Mus aus Birne und Erdbeeren.

   The little one gets a mush out of pears and strawberry.

   Es gab Frikadellen und ein Mus aus Kartoffeln.

   We had meatballs and a mash made out of potatoes.

Usage notes

• Masculine gender predominates in Central and Eastern Saxony, neuter gender is the predominant form otherwise.

Declension

Declension of Mus [neuter // masculine (regional), strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das, der	Mus	die	Muse
genitive	eines	des	Muses	der	Muse
dative	einem	dem	Mus, Muse1	den	Musen
accusative	ein, einen	das, den	Mus	die	Muse

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Apfelmus
• Birnenmus
• Kükenvermuser
• musen
• Pflaumenmus

Further reading

• “Mus” in Duden online
• “Mus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German mûs, from Old Saxon mūs.

Noun

Mus f (plural Mies)

1. mouse

Derived terms

• Husmus
• Musfaul
• musich
• Musloch
• Piepamus
• Stapmus

Related terms

• Flautamus