Look up: Shrew

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   Shrew
   The shrew is an insectivorous mammal of the family soricidae.
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   shrew
   [n] - a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman 2. [n] - small mouselike mammal with a long snout
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   Shrew
   Shrew adjective [ Middle English shrewe , schrewe . Confer Shrewd .] Wicked; malicious. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
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   Shrew
   Shrew noun [ See Shrew , adjective ] 1. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. « A man . . . grudgeth that shrews [ i. e., bad men] have prosperity, or else that good men have adversity.» Chaucer. « A man had got a shrew to his wife, a ...
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   Shrew
   Shrew transitive verb [ See Shrew , adjective , and confer Beshrew .] To beshrew; to curse. [ Obsolete] 'I shrew myself.' Chaucer.
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   shrew
   1. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. 'A man . . . Grudgeth that shrews [i. E, bad men] have prosperity, or else that good men have adversity.' (Chaucer) 'A man had got a shrew to his wife, and there could be no quiet in the house for her.' (L'Estrange) ... 2. ...
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   shrew
   shrewmouse noun small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
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   shrew
   termagant noun a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
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   Shrew
   `Shrews` are small, superficially mouse-like mammals of the family `Soricidae`. Although their external appearance is generally that of a long-nosed mouse, the shrews are not rodents and not closely related: the shrew family is part of the order Soricomorpha. Shrews have feet with five clawed toes, unlike rodents, which have four. Shrews are also not to be confused with either treeshrews or elephant shrews, which belong to different orders. Shre...
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    Shrew
    • (a.) Wicked; malicious. • (a.) To beshrew; to curse. • (a.) Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. • (a.) Any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family Sorecidae. In form and color they resemble mice, but th...
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    shrew
    any of more than 341 species of insectivores having a mobile snout that is covered with long, sensitive whiskers and overhangs the lower lip. Their ... [5 related articles]
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    shrew
    shrew 1. A small mouse-like mammal with a long snout; related to moles. 2. A small nocturnal animal that resembles a mouse but is an insectivore, with velvety fur, a long pointed snout, and small eyes and ears. Found worldwide, except New Guinea, Australia, and New Zealand. 3. An offensive term for a woman who is regarded as quarrelsome, nagging, or i...
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    shrew
    
    1. a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
    2. small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
    
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    shrew
    shrew, common name for the small, insectivorous mammals of the family Soricidae, related to the moles. Shrews include the smallest mammals; the smallest shrews are under 2 in. (5.1 cm) long, excluding the tail, and the largest are about 6 in. (15 cm) long. Light-boned and fragile, shrews have mousel...
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