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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of the family Soricidæ and subfamily Soricinæ, containing numerous small terrestrial shrews of both hemispheres.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of small Insectivora, including the common shrews.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the family Soricidae: shrews
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The French words souris, a "mouse," and souris, a "smile," are spelled exactly alike; but the one comes from Latin sorex and the other from Latin subridere.
Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology 1872
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