| NOUN | person | shrew, termagant | a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman |
|---|---|---|---|
| animal | shrew, shrewmouse | small mouselike mammal with a long snout |
| Meaning | A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | termagant | |
| Narrower | virago | A noisy or scolding or domineering woman |
| yenta | (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew | |
| Broader | unpleasant woman, disagreeable woman | A woman who is an unpleasant person |
| Spanish | arpía, bruja, harpía, tarasca, víbora | |
| Catalan | bruixa, escurçó, harpia, harpía | |
| Meaning | small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | shrewmouse | |
| Member of | Soricidae, family Soricidae | shrews |
| Narrower | common shrew, Sorex araneus | Common American shrew |
| 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 |
| Spanish | musaraña | |
| Catalan | musaranya, mussaranya | |
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