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1. (n.) shrew
a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant.
2. (n.) shrew
any of several small, mouselike, insect-eating mammals of the family Soricidae, having a long, sharp snout and small, poorly developed eyes.
Etymology: (bef. 900; OE scrēawa)
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| Definition of 'shrew' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) shrew, termagant
a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
2. (noun) shrew, shrewmouse
small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
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| Definition of 'shrew' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) shrew
wicked; malicious
2. (adj) shrew
originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold
3. (adj) shrew
any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family Sorecidae. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals
4. (adj) shrew
to beshrew; to curse
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Sense: a type of small mouse-like animal with a long, pointed nose.
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 Afrikaans: skeerbekmuis |
 Arabic: الزّبابه: حيوان يُشْبِه ا |
 Bulgarian: зоол. земеровка |
 Brazilian: musaranho |
 Czech: rejsek |
 German: die Spitzmaus |
 Danish: spidsmus |
 Greek: μυγαλή (είδος τρωκτικού) |
 Spanish: musaraña |
 Estonian: karihiir |
 Farsi: حشره خور |
 Finnish: päästäinen |
 French: musaraigne |
 Hebrew: חַדַף |
 Hindi: छछूंदर |
 Croatian: rovka |
 Hungarian: cickány |
 Indonesian: sejenis tikus |
 Icelandic: snjáldra, snjáldurmús |
 Italian: toporagno |
 Japanese: とがりねずみ |
 Korean: 뾰족뒤쥐 |
 Lithuanian: kirstukas |
 Latvian: cirslis; (amer.) kurmis |
 Malay: tikus kesturi |
 Dutch: spitsmuis |
 Norwegian: spissmus |
 Polish: ryjówka |
 Persian: حشره خور |
 Pashto: جنګرۍ، بدمزاجه (په تېره ښ |
 Portuguese: musaranho |
 Romanian: şoarece de câmp |
 Russian: землеройка |
 Slovak: piskor |
 Slovenian: rovka |
 Serbian: rovčica |
 Swedish: näbbmus |
 Thai: สัตว์กินแมลงคล้ายหนู |
 Turkish: kır faresi |
 Taiwanese: 鼩鼱 |
 Ukrainian: землерийка |
 Urdu: نکیلی تھوتنی کا ممیلیہ |
 Vietnamese: chuột chù |
 Chinese: 鼩鼱 |
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