English Explanatory Dictionary

microsthene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a group of mammals characteristically of small size, including various rodents (used in the 19th century by James Dana to classify animals, but not adopted thereafter)

Word forms

microsthene microsthenes

Etymology

From micro- + Ancient Greek σθένος (sthénos, “might, strength”).

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