sorex
IPA: sˈɔrʌks
Root Word: Sorex
noun
- The genus Sorex includes many of the common shrews of Eurasia and North America, and contains at least 142 known species and subspecies.
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Examples of "sorex" in Sentences
- This behaviour has also been observed in some Sorex species.
- Evidence for echolocation in the common shrew, Sorex araneus.
- The use of echolocation by the wandering shrew, Sorex vagrans Baird.
- The genus Sorex includes many of the common shrews of Eurasia and North America.
- 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.