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Webster 1913 Edition


Soricine

So′ri-cine

,
Adj.
[L.
sorricinus
, fr.
sorex
a shrew.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Shrew family (
Soricidae
); like a shrew in form or habits;
as, the
soricine
bat (
Glossophaga soricina
)
.