Meaning | small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles. |
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Synonym | shrewmouse |
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Member of | Soricidae, family Soricidae | shrews |
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Narrower | common shrew, Sorex araneus | Common American shrew |
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least shrew, Cryptotis parva | small brown shrew of grassy regions / regions of eastern United States |
masked shrew, Sorex cinereus | Commonest shrew of moist habitats in North America |
short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda | 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 |
Broader | insectivore | small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial / terrestrial or fossorial mammals |
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Spanish | musaraña |
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Catalan | musaranya, mussaranya |
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