NOUN | animal | water shrew | any of several small semiaquatic shrews usually living near swift-flowing streams |
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Meaning | Any of several small semiaquatic shrews usually living near swift-flowing streams. | |
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Narrower | American water shrew, Sorex palustris | water shrew of North America |
European water shrew, Neomys fodiens | widely distributed Old World water shrew | |
Mediterranean water shrew, Neomys anomalus | A type of water shrew | |
Broader | shrew, shrewmouse | small mouselike mammal with a long snout |
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