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Soricidae

noun

shrews

• Syn: ↑family Soricidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Insectivora, ↑order Insectivora

• Member Meronyms:

↑shrew, ↑shrewmouse, ↑Sorex, ↑genus Sorex, ↑Blarina, ↑genus Blarina, ↑Neomys, ↑genus Neomys, ↑Cryptotis, ↑genus Cryptotis

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\\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

Useful english dictionary. 2012.