NOUN | person | shrew, termagant | a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman |
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animal | shrew, shrewmouse | small mouselike mammal with a long snout |
Meaning | A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman. | |
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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. | |
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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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