noun
type genus of the family Soricidae: shrews
• Syn: ↑Sorex
• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Soricidae, ↑family Soricidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑common shrew, ↑Sorex araneus, ↑American water shrew, ↑Sorex palustris
Useful english dictionary. 2012.