Caenolestes
noun
Cae·no·les·tes
ˌsēnəˈle(ˌ)stēz,
ˌkīn-
: a genus (the type of the family Caenolestidae) of small carnivorous diprotodont marsupials comprising the shrew opossums
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from caen- + Greek lēistēs robber; akin to Latin lucrum gain
First Known Use
circa 1895, in the meaning defined above
- neutral oil
- neutral orange
- neutral point
- neutral position
- neutral red
- neutral shoreline
- neutral spirits
- neutral spore
- neutral tint
- neutral wire
- neutral zone
- neutraler
- neutralest
- neutralisatia
- neutralisation
- neutralisations
- neutralise
- neutralised
- neutraliser
- neutralisers
- neutralises
- neutralising
- neutralism
- neutralisms
- neutralist