Definition of Genus Sorex

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Soricidae: shrews.

Exact synonyms: Sorex
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Soricidae, Soricidae
Member holonyms: Common Shrew, Sorex Araneus, American Water Shrew, Sorex Palustris

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sorex

genus Smyrnium
genus Sobralia
genus Solandra
genus Solanopteris
genus Solanum
genus Solea
genus Soleirolia
genus Solenopsis
genus Solenostemon
genus Solidago
genus Somateria
genus Sonchus
genus Sonora
genus Sophora
genus Sorbus
genus Sorex (current term)
genus Sorghum
genus Spadella
genus Spalax
genus Sparaxis
genus Sparganium
genus Sparmannia
genus Spartina
genus Spartium
genus Spathiphyllum
genus Spergula
genus Spergularia
genus Sphacele
genus Sphacelotheca

Literary usage of Genus Sorex

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal Or the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1834)
"Some Remarks on the genus Sorex, with a Monograph of the North American Species. By JOHN BACHMAN, DD; President of the Literary and Philosophical Society of ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"Dr. Merriam, in his ' Synopsis of the American Shrews of the genus Sorex,' recognizes 42 species and subspecies, of which 21, or just one- half, ..."

3. The Canadian Record of Science by Natural History Society of Montreal (1897)
"Two SHREWS OF THE genus Sorex, NEW TO NEW BRUNSWICK. BY PHILIP Cox, AB, B.Sc., PH.D. It may be of some importance to those interested in the distribution of ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"In the red-tipped group is the typical genus Sorex, which ranges over Europe and Asia north of the Himalaya Mountains to North America. ..."

5. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"<E, the family of Shrews, or Shrew-Mice, comprising the genus Sorex of ... The genus Sorex of Linnaeus is placed between Talpa and Erina- emu ; and this ..."

6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1877)
"Four of the new species belong to the genus Sorex and the other to Blarina. ... The genus Sorex alone occurs in the higher latitudes, where it is mainly ..."

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