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shrewmouse

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shrew·mouse  (shrmous)
n.
See shrew.
shrewmouse [ˈʃruːˌmaʊs]
n pl -mice
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for shrew esp the common shrew
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Noun1.shrewmouseshrewmouse - small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
shrew
insectivore - small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals
family Soricidae, Soricidae - shrews
common shrew, Sorex araneus - common American shrew
masked shrew, Sorex cinereus - commonest shrew of moist habitats in North America
Blarina brevicauda, short-tailed shrew - 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
Cryptotis parva, least shrew - small brown shrew of grassy regions of eastern United States


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At present, in relation to this demand that he should learn Latin declensions and conjugations, Tom was in a state of as blank unimaginativeness concerning the cause and tendency of his sufferings, as if he had been an innocent shrewmouse imprisoned in the split trunk of an ash-tree in order to cure lameness in cattle.
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