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Type genus of the family Soricidae shrews
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sorex
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The genus Sorex includes many of the common shrews of Eurasia and North America , and contains at least 142 known species and subspecies. Members of this genus, known as long-tailed shrews , are the only members of the tribe Soricini of the subfamily Soricinae ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sorex \So"rex\, n. [L., a shrew.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of small Insectivora, including the common shrews.
Usage examples of sorex.
The party had been augmented by Roscius the comedian and Sorex the arch-mime, as well as many lesser theatrical lights.
The arch-mime, Sorex, and Roscius the comedian slunk away to their suites and hid, while Valeria and Metrobius and Lucius Tuccius dealt with the ravages his breakout had inflicted upon Sulla.
In some nightmarish dream she half-remembered every man present enjoying her, from Sulla to Sorex and even Metrobius.
Whichever one of us quickened you-Lucullus, Sorex, Roscius or I-makes no difference to me.