Notiosorex

noun

No·​tio·​sorex

ˌnōshēō+

: a genus of shrews of the southern U.S. and Mexico having only 28 teeth

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from notio- southern (from Latin notius, from Greek notios, from notos south wind, south) + Sorex

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