# Mus
## Translingual
### Etymology

Latin mus (“mouse”)

### Proper noun

Mus m
* 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

* 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
* 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 at Bucknell.

## English
### Noun

Mus
* 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: /muːs/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uːs

### Noun

Mus m or n (strong, genitive Muses, plural Muse)
* mush, squish

#### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

#### Derived terms

* Apfelmus
* 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)
* mouse