This idea was passed on to the ancient Romans, who coined the word musculus, "little mouse.".    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Hence the muscle which everts the lower lip has been called the musculus superbus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The expression of the emotions in man and animals] Reference

And what is it with the name Balaenoptera musculus?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lunging is expensive, jaws can be noisy, and what’s with the asymmetry? Rorquals part III] Reference

This one, it turns out, is just your standard Mus musculus.    From Wordnik.com.  [grouse Diary Entry] Reference

In addition, recent observations indicate the arrival of the mouse, Mus musculus.    From Wordnik.com.  [San Félix-San Ambrosio Islands temperate forests] Reference

The introduced house mouse (Mus musculus) is widespread and abundant on Gough Island.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tristan Da Cunha-Gough Islands shrub and grasslands] Reference

The principle of colinearity in Drosophila (A-C) and mouse (Mus musculus, D-F) embryos.    From Wordnik.com.  [Physiology or Medicine 1995 - Press Release] Reference

However, the cosmopolitan rodents Mus musculus and Rattus rattus are an important plague in cereal crops.    From Wordnik.com.  [Llanos] Reference

House mouse (Mus musculus) and ship rat (Rattus rattus) both became established on the island in the last century.    From Wordnik.com.  [MacQuarie Island, Australia] Reference

House mice (Mus musculus) can be highly abundant after good rains, and may adversely affect smaller native mammals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Great Victoria desert] Reference

Instead of the tiny, bland Mus musculus I was expecting, a peek inside found me staring face to face with a Peromyscus.    From Wordnik.com.  [grouse Diary Entry] Reference

Like the house mouse Mus musculus, D. melanogaster owes its present worldwide distribution to its attachment to humans.    From Wordnik.com.  [The red-eyed fly among us: Drosophila melanogaster] Reference

Mice (Mus musculus), rats (Rattus norvegicus), and cats (Felis catus) remain and are skilled predators of the native birds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Amsterdam and Saint-Paul Islands temperate grasslands] Reference

Introduced species, however, include mouse Mus musculus and rats Muridae, goat Capra hircus and, formerly, pig Sus domestica.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lord Howe Island Group, Australia] Reference

And those of the soft palate are the levator veli palatini, palatoglossus, palatopharyngeus, tensor veli palatini and musculus uvulae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Muscles Part 2] Reference

(Nl), Tenebrio molitor (Tm), Mus musculus (Mm) and.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The Longevity Prize, awarded for the oldest-ever Mus musculus.    From Wordnik.com.  [April's CR Diary] Reference

M. musculus, another highly represented species in the database.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

House mice, Mus musculus domesticus, have some interesting stories of their own.    From Wordnik.com.  [AboutMyPlanet.com] Reference

Gallus gallus (chicken), Macaca mulatta (rhesus monkey), Mus musculus (house mouse).    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Biology: New Articles] Reference

See Sir C. Bell (` Anatomy of Expression, 'p. 111) on the action of the musculus superbus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The expression of the emotions in man and animals] Reference

Oligoryzomys fulvescens, Mus musculus, Reithrodontomys darienensis, and Didelphis marsupialis.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

They retired to their walls, and there, without fear, set the musculus and brick tower on fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic and Civil Wars: with the Supplementary Books attributed to Hirtius.] Reference

It's fall, time for me to make Mus musculus, or the common house mouse, less common around my house.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Mrosovsky N, Hattar S (2005) Diurnal mice (Mus musculus) and other examples of temporal niche switching.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Blue whales, Balaenoptera musculus, are not only the largest mammal, they are also believed to be the largest animal to have ever lived.    From Wordnik.com.  [Green Options] Reference

Ingredients: 7,000 L tap water 60 Balaenoptera musculus bones 100 L lipase solution 300 L bacillus spore mixture 40 L biochem accelerator.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Select] Reference