Microsthene
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Microsthene is a noun meaning (archaic, zoology, chiefly in the plural) 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).
Meaning
(archaic, zoology, chiefly in the plural) 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
- microsthenes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include micromammal, microstomid, micromammalian, micropod, microhylid, myomorph.
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