SORICIDAE


Meaning of SORICIDAE in English

səˈrisəˌdē noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Soric-, Sorex, type genus + -idae

: a family of small chiefly terrestrial long-snouted mammals (order Insectivora) that comprise the true shrews — compare elephant shrew , talpidae

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