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n. - Type genus of the family of shrews.

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Usage examples (15)
  • - You missed Sorex arunchi Lapini & Testone, 1998, from Italy.
  • Whichever one of us quickened you-Lucullus, Sorex, Roscius or I-makes no difference to me.
  • In some nightmarish dream she half-remembered every man present enjoying her, from Sulla to Sorex and even Metrobius.
  • The party had been augmented by Roscius the comedian and Sorex the arch-mime, as well as many lesser theatrical lights.
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