shrewmouse (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *shrewmouse*:
NOUN	animal	shrewmouse, shrew	small mouselike mammal with a long snout

English > *shrewmouse*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles.
Synonym	shrew
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

HyperDic: shrewmouse