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shrew
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What does shrew mean?
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NounPlural: shrews |
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| shrew - small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles | ||
| shrewmouse | ||
| insectivore any organism that feeds mainly on insects | ||
| family soricidae, soricidae shrews | ||
| common shrew, sorex araneus common American shrew | ||
| masked shrew, sorex cinereus 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 | ||
| shrew - a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman | ||
| termagant | ||
| disagreeable woman, unpleasant woman a woman who is an unpleasant person | ||
| virago a noisy or scolding or domineering woman | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- shrew (a.)
Wicked; malicious. - shrew (a.)
Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. - shrew (a.)
Any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family Sorecidae. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals. - shrew (a.)
To beshrew; to curse.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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shrew
A vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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shrew
shrōō, n. a brawling, troublesome woman: a scold: a family of insectivorous mammals closely resembling, in general form and appearance, the true mice and dormice—the head long, muzzle long and pointed.—adj. Shrewd, of an acute judgment: biting, keen: sly, malicious, wicked, cunning, vixenish.—adv. Shrewd′ly.—n. Shrewd′ness.—adj. Shrew′ish, having the qualities of a shrew: peevish and troublesome: clamorous.—adv. Shrew′ishly.—ns. Shrew′ishness; Shrew′-mole, a genus of insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidæ, very closely allied to the moles.—adj. Shrew′-struck, poisoned or blasted by a shrew. [A.S. screáwa, a shrew-mouse, its bite having been supposed venomous; cf. Ger. scher-maus, a mole.]
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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shrew
Every one can tame a shrew but he that hath her.
Wikipedia 
- A shrew is a small mammal that resembles a mouse, at first sight. Unlike mice, shrews are not rodents, they feed on Insects mostly, and are in the order Insectivora. Despite the fact, that the name sounds similar, treeshrews are also completely different, and are in the order Scandentia.
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🔤- shrew, noun, singular of shrews.
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