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murid

The English word “murid” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Of or belonging to the family Muridae.

noun

  1. Any rodent in the family Muridae.
  2. A Sufi novice committed to enlightenment under a spiritual guide.
  3. A member of the largest of the three hereditary Yazidi castes, composed of laypeople charged with seeking spiritual guidance from the sheikhs and pirs.

Etymology

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

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