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Muridae

noun plural

Mu·​ri·​dae ˈmyu̇r-ə-ˌdē How to pronounce Muridae (audio)
: a very large family of relatively small rodents (superfamily Muroidea) that include various originally Old World rodents (as the house mouse and the common rats) that are now cosmopolitan in distribution

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“Muridae.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/Muridae. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.

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