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water shrew

DEFINITIONS OF: water shrew

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n any of several small semiaquatic shrews usually living near swift-flowing streams

Types:
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:
shrew, shrewmouse
small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
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