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Definition of Soricine
1. a. Of or pertaining to the Shrew family (Soricidæ); like a shrew in form or habits; as, the soricine bat (Glossophaga soricina).
Definition of Soricine
1. Adjective. (zoology) Of or relating to the shrew family (Soricidae); resembling a shrew in form or habits. ¹
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Definition of Soricine
1. belonging to the shrew family of mammals [adj]
Medical Definition of Soricine
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Soricine
Literary usage of Soricine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Magazine of Zoology and Botany by Prideaux John Selby, George Johnston, William Jardine (1838)
"... lip with a large central wart, having a series of large oblong transverse
warts on the edge, the upper warts sometimes divided into 2 or 8. soricine ..."
2. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"SIZE.—Head and body nearly 3 inches ; tail, \ inch ; forefoot, $ inch ; hind
foot, $ inch. The skull and dentition of this animal are essentially soricine. ..."
3. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by Indian Museum, John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater (1881)
"It is evident that its affinities are markedly soricine, but at the same time it
shows a few in the direction of Talpa. Length of vertebral column, ..."
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