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Definition of Cryptotis
1. Noun. Least shrews.
Exact synonyms: Genus Cryptotis
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Soricidae, Soricidae
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Soricidae, Soricidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryptotis
Literary usage of Cryptotis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"It is divisible into two subgenera— Blarina proper, and Cryptotis, chiefly in
reference to the number of the teeth, which are 32 in the former and 30 in the ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1894)
"... Cryptotis, ... bicolor at Armidale and Cryptotis at Bald Nob) ; just as a few
from the Plains ..."
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