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BLARINA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Blarina mean?
• BLARINA (noun)
The noun BLARINA has 1 sense:
1. shrews
Familiarity information: BLARINA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrews
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Blarina; genus Blarina
Hypernyms ("Blarina" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Blarina"):
Blarina brevicauda; short-tailed shrew (North American shrew with tail less than half its body length)
Holonyms ("Blarina" is a member of...):
family Soricidae; Soricidae (shrews)
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