noun as in strong fondness

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Example:Scientists observed the water voles in their natural habitat by the river.

Definition:A small, fully semiaquatic rodent belonging to the genus Neomys

From water vole

Example:Paleontologists identified several extinct species of Neomys in sedimentary layers more than 5 million years old.

Definition:Fossilized or long-gone species within the genus Neomys

From extinct species