This should surprise some of you, but my medical dictionary reads "murine:
pertaining to or affecting mice or rats."  Doesn't sound right, does it?
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary.

Noelle Patterson, M.S.
NN-TAB
Bethesda, Md.  20889

stressed is desserts spelled backwards.  



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Simon Smith [SMTP:ssmith@skeletech.com]
> Sent:	Friday, April 21, 2000 8:25 PM
> To:	Histonet (E-mail)
> Subject:	Ratty (and toad, and mole...)
> 
> Just thought I'd reiterate a question I embedded in a previous posting:
> 
> mouse = murine
> dog = canine
> cow = bovine
> wolf = lupine
> cat = feline
> rabbit = lapine
> goat = caprine.....etc
> 
> So what's a rat?  
> 
> Rattine would be a logical choice but isn't particularly satisfying, and
> the
> other replies of "someone who doesn't pay for dinner" or "someone who
> doesn't buy a round" while perfectly true, are not quite what I'm after.
> 
> So come on you grammarians and scholars of the english language (or any of
> those dead languages that made it what it is today) and help me out.
> 
> Simon
> Simon Smith B.Sc. AIBMS
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