Etymology

muscine

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the Muscidae family of flies. Full definition →

translingual Mus
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muscine · adjective1

Musca + -ine

muscine · adjective2

  1. translingual · derived fromMus“genus of mice”
  2. English todaymuscine

Irregularly formed from translingual Mus (“genus of mice”) + -ine. See murine

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