rare. Also pl. sorices. [L. sōrex (sōricis) and sorex, related to Gr. ὔραξ.] A shrew-mouse, a shrew. Also transf.
1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts (1658), 424. Lycinius the Emperor … called them … moths and Sorices of the Court.
1801. Shaw, Gen. Zool., II. I. 65. Soricine Mouse … has the general appearance of a Sorex or Shrew.
