ˈmyu̇rəˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Mur-, Mus, type genus + -idae
: 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 and that are distinguished from the related cricetid rodents by complete absence of cheek pouches