ˌsēnəˈle(ˌ)stēz, ˌkīn- noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from caen- (I) + Greek lēistēs robber; akin to Latin lucrum gain — more at lucre
: a genus (the type of the family Caenolestidae) of small carnivorous diprotodont marsupials comprising the opossum rats