shrews in English

noun
1
a small mouselike insectivorous mammal with a long pointed snout and tiny eyes.
Several small mammals live in the park - genets, shrews , hedgehogs and mongooses.
2
a bad-tempered or aggressively assertive woman.
Socrates was married, you know, and his wife, Xanthippe, was a shrew .
synonyms:viragodragontermagantfishwifewitchtartarhagbattle-axold bagold batscold
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1. As such, they form one of three main types of shrews, the other two being the red-toothed shrews and the white-toothed shrews.

2. Non-breeding shrews weigh around 3.8 g (0.13 oz) while breeding shrews average around 5 g (0.18 oz).

3. It preys on birds and shrews in Guam.

4. 5 The voracious shrews and chickadees await them.

5. From tiny shrews [came] tenrecs, accustomed to the dark.

6. From tiny shrews [ came ] tenrecs, accustomed to the dark.

7. Evidence suggests that shrews probably have the shortest lives.

8. The only mammals with a venomous bite are certain moles and shrews.

9. Any species of the genus Antechinus of small carnivorous marsupials that resemble shrews

10. Synonyms for Bacchantes include maenads, fury, shrews, viragos, termagants, vixens, hags, harridans, spitfires and harpies

11. From tiny shrews to 2,000-pound bison, the Badlands is home to many species of …

12. • I became Attuned to the high-toned squeaking of shrews, which appeared to be engaged in conflict

13. Synonyms for Bitches include vixens, cows, shrews, harpies, hellcats, witches, cats, grimalkins, she-devils and broads

14. Frequently they were outspoken wives, who were considered monstrous shrews or unnatural traitors to their husbands.

15. OBJECTIVE: To observe effect of confinement and vibration stress on indexes of hematology and myelogram in Chinese tree shrews.

16. It is suggested that the specialisations in anatomy, histology, behaviour, and ecology of shrews represent a major advance on the 'primitive' mammalian condition.

17. As the name implies, the species is characterised by a distinctive grey face and a black rump, as well as being larger than the other species of elephant shrews.

18. During the Miocene, micro-Cursoriality was pre-adaptive to open, arid habitats, and became more derived in the newly evolved Elephantulus and Macroscelides elephant-shrews with trail

19. A 2009 study, which coined the term "tree shrew lavatories", determined between 57 and 100% of the plant's foliar nitrogen uptake comes from the faeces of tree shrews.

20. Hedgehogs share distant ancestry with shrews (family Soricidae), with gymnures possibly being the intermediate link, and they have changed little over the last 15 million years.

21. ‘The book Abounds with learning and intelligent writing.’ ‘The wood Abounds with wildlife, including badgers, foxes, shrews, butterflies and an array of birds.’ ‘Australian government Abounds with successful models of this kind, especially at the federal level.’ ‘She Abounds with curiosity about village life and traditions.’