shrew

IPA: ʃrˈu

noun

  • Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae (order Soricomorpha).
  • Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews (order Soricomorpha).
  • (derogatory) An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.

verb

  • (obsolete, transitive) To beshrew; to curse.
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Examples of "shrew" in Sentences

  • She found a shrew in her room.
  • How do you know his wife wasn't an evil shrew
  • Has the dwindling barn owl had a shrew too many
  • That would probably include the shrew and the birds.
  • Did you know that the shrew and the vole is poisonous
  • I've been reading the article The Taming of the Shrew.
  • The etruscan shrew is the smallest mammal in the world.
  • The role of domestic shrew is played, to some extent, by Summerset.
  • Eight of the ten are shrews, from the Common Shrew to the Water Shrew.
  • The Manenguba shrew and endemic vegetal species are native to the mountain.
  • The new shrew is presently only known from mid montane and lowland rainforests of Sinharaja.
  • Our forefathers provided themselves with what they called a shrew-ash, in order to meet the case.
  • The Pantelleria shrew is controversial, with various studies indicating that it is a subspecies of the Greater white-toothed shrew (C. russula).
  • "The musk shrew is a very primitive ancestor of primates and when given to the females they displayed reproductive behaviour, and the males would mate with them."
  • Though first described as a subspecies of the Common shrew S. araneus, the Spanish shrew is strongly distinct genetically and in having a particularly unusual short skull.
  • The Appenine shrew is endemic to Italy, and while formerly regarded by some as conspecific with the Common shrew, it is quite different, having a much shorter tail for example.

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