mus musculus

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   brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide

   Synonymshouse mouse

   Broadermouse

   Part ofMus

Questions about mus musculus

What does mus musculus mean?

mus musculus means "brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide".

What is another word for mus musculus?

Close synonyms include house mouse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mus musculus a common word?

mus musculus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.