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.
- 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.
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