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noun
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)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, in-plural
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From micro- + Ancient Greek σθένος (sthénos, “might, strength”).
