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murid¹

Where it comes from

An appellativization from Murid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names); by surface analysis, ending in suffix -id.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or belonging to the family Muridae. The theory of faunal dominance holds that while evolution occurs everywhere, certain land masses generate disproportionately more terrestrial and aquatic groups, such as the familiar murid rodents and ranid frogs, which are able to colonize and dominate other land masses.

noun murids

  1. Any rodent in the family Muridae. Near-synonyms: mouse, rat

    Similar: mouse, rat

murid²

Where it comes from

From Arabic مُرِيد (murīd, literally “seeker”).

noun murids

  1. A Sufi novice committed to enlightenment under a spiritual guide. And when Russian troops attacked breakaway Chechnya in the early 1990s, separatist fighters were often seen performing the stirring ritual the zikr, during which murids dance in a circle while crying hypnotic chants.
  2. A member of the largest of the three hereditary Yazidi castes, composed of laypeople charged with seeking spiritual guidance from the sheikhs and pirs.

Murid³

noun Murids

  1. Alternative letter-case form of murid (Yazidi caste)

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noun any rodent in the family Muridae

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@misc{murid_2026,
  title = {murid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/murid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}