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Blarina

noun

shrews

• Syn: ↑genus Blarina

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Soricidae, ↑family Soricidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑short-tailed shrew, ↑Blarina brevicauda

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\\bla(a)ˈrīnə, -rēnə\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, perhaps irregular from Blair, Nebr. + New Latin -ina

1. capitalized : a genus of short-tailed shrews widely distributed in No. America

2. also blarina shrew -s : any shrew of the genus Blarina

Useful english dictionary. 2012.