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Muroidea
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Translingual
right|thumb|Mus musculus
right|thumb|Cricetus cricetus species
Etymology
mul Mus oidea.
Proper noun
superfamily order Rodentia hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats, etc., collectively known as muroids
Usage notes
The hypernymy of the words in their strict/narrow senses is muroid (superfamily Muroidea) > murid (family Muridae family) > murine (subfamily Murinae subfamily), although in broad use the taxon-specific distinctions below superfamily are often ignored.
Hypernyms
superfamily ; Supramyomorpha suborder – suborder; Myomorphi infraorder – infraorder
Hyponyms
superfamily Calomyscidae family, Cricetidae family, Muridae family, Nesomyidae family, Platacanthomyidae family, Spalacidae family extant families
Coordinate terms
superfamily in Myomorphi Dipodoidea superfamily
References
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