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microtine

/ˈmaɪkɹətaɪn/

microtine adjective: of or relating to the subfamily Microtinae, including voles, lemmings and muskrats.

Adjective

microtine (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the subfamily Microtinae, including voles, lemmings and muskrats.

Noun

microtine (plural microtines)

  1. Any rodent of the former subfamily Microtinae (now Arvicolinae)

microtine meaning in Bengali

microtine in Bengali

উপগোত্র সংক্রান্ত, লেমিং এবং মাস্করাট

Forms of microtine

pluralmicrotines

Origin of microtine

From scientific Latin Microtinae, a subfamily name, from Microtus + -inae.

Questions about microtine

What does microtine mean?
Microtine means of or relating to the subfamily Microtinae, including voles, lemmings and muskrats.
What is microtine in Bengali?
Microtine in Bengali is উপগোত্র সংক্রান্ত, লেমিং এবং মাস্করাট. See Microtine meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is microtine?
Microtine can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce microtine?
Microtine is pronounced /ˈmaɪkɹətaɪn/.

Words near microtine in the dictionary

  1. microtile
  2. microtiles
  3. microtime
  4. microtiming
  5. microtimings
  6. microtine
  7. microtines
  8. microtip
  9. microtips
  10. microtissue
  11. microtissues

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Adapted from Wiktionary: microtine (page history and authors); microtine (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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