microsthene

English

Etymology

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

Noun

microsthene (plural microsthenes)

1. (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)

References

• “microsthene”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• coherentism