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shrewmouse

DEFINITIONS OF: shrewmouse

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n small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles

Synonyms:
shrew
Types:
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Sorex araneus, common shrew
common American shrew
Sorex cinereus, masked shrew
commonest shrew of moist habitats in North America
Blarina brevicauda, short-tailed shrew
North American shrew with tail less than half its body length
water shrew
any of several small semiaquatic shrews usually living near swift-flowing streams
Cryptotis parva, least shrew
small brown shrew of grassy regions of eastern United States
American water shrew, Sorex palustris
water shrew of North America
European water shrew, Neomys fodiens
widely distributed Old World water shrew
Mediterranean water shrew, Neomys anomalus
a type of water shrew
Type of:
insectivore
small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals
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