soricine

American

[sawr-uh-sahyn, -sin, sor-uh-] / ˈsɔr əˌsaɪn, -sɪn, ˈsɒr ə- /

adjective

Zoology.

of or resembling the shrews.

soricine British

/ ˈsɒrɪˌsaɪn /

adjective

of, relating to, or resembling the shrews or the family ( Soricidae ) to which they belong

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Etymology

Origin of soricine

1775–85; < Latin sōricīnus, equivalent to sōric- (stem of sōrex ) shrew + -īnus -ine ¹

Example Sentences

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Outwardly it has the general soricine form, though much larger than the largest shrew.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

The skull and dentition of this animal are essentially soricine.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

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