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Definition of Sorex
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Soricidae: shrews.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Soricidae, Soricidae
Member holonyms: Common Shrew, Sorex Araneus, American Water Shrew, Sorex Palustris
Definition of Sorex
1. n. A genus of small Insectivora, including the common shrews.
Definition of Sorex
1. the common shrew [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Sorex
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sorex
Literary usage of Sorex
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller (1912)
"f*sorex macrodon Merriam. 1895. sorex macrodon MERRIAM, North Amer. Fauna, No.
10, p. ... 10, p. 84. December 31, 1895. Not of Hodgson, 1849. 1898. sorex ..."
2. A Synopsis of the Mammals of North America and Adjacent Seas by Daniel Giraud Elliot (1901)
"... 366 sorex longirostris 375 sorex macrurus 369 sorex merriami 376 sorex m. ...
373 sorex nevadensis 371 sorex obscurus 36Q, 371, 372 sorex o. longicaudus ..."
3. The Canadian Record of Science by Natural History Society of Montreal (1897)
"Two SHREWS OF THE GENUS sorex, NEW TO NEW BRUNSWICK. BY PHILIP Cox, AB, B.Sc., PH.D.
It may be of some importance to those interested in the distribution of ..."
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