SOREX PALUSTRIS

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Meaning:

Water shrew of North America

Synonyms:

American water shrew; Sorex palustris

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Sorex palustris" is a kind of...):

water shrew (any of several small semiaquatic shrews usually living near swift-flowing streams)

Holonyms ("Sorex palustris" is a member of...):

genus Sorex; Sorex (type genus of the family Soricidae: shrews)

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