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Webster 1913 Edition

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

)

soricine ‎(comparative more soricine, superlative most soricine)

(zoology) Of or relating to the shrew family (Soricidae); resembling a shrew in form or habits.
the soricine bat

soricine ‎(plural soricines)