mus

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal genus,
definition	:	a genus of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	house mouse, mus musculus,
definition	:	brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family muridae, muridae,
definition	:	originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches (noun.animal)