water shrew in English

noun
1
a large semiaquatic shrew that preys on aquatic invertebrates.
The water shrew of Eurasia weakens its aquatic prey (snails, mollusks, and freshwater insects) with a similar saliva poison.

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1. They placed a shrew into a social confrontation with another shrew.

2. The nagging shrew.

3. People called her shrew.

4. Middle English bishrewen bi- be- shrew wicked person shrew From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition From Middle English Beshrewen (“to curse, pervert”), equivalent to be- +‎ shrew

5. You're nothing but a shrew!

6. He found himself married a vulgar shrew.

7. He said she wanted the shrew.

8. He found himself married to a vulgar shrew.

9. And I suppose that Monica will have the manipulative shrew.

10. A tree-shrew [n -S] Medical Definition of Banxring

11. The shrew stands at the door and keeps shouting abuse.

12. Shakespeare has Abusious ("Taming of the Shrew," 1594)

13. Every man can rule a shrew but he who has her.

14. Results show that cloprostenol can be used to induce the estrus of Tree shrew and increase their reproductive rate effectively. Methods for superovulation of Tree Shrew were investigated.

15. From Middle English Beshrewen (“to curse, pervert”), equivalent to be- +‎ shrew.

16. OM:Oh, I'll make you look bad if you don't watch it, shrew!

17. The hero shrew has an armoured backbone that can withstand enormous pressure.

18. From Middle English Beshrewen ("to curse, pervert"), equivalent to be-+‎ shrew

19. In general appearance, it would have looked like a shrew or mouse".

20. She gave a masterly performance as Kate in 'The Taming of the Shrew'.

21. Shakespeare calls this type of figure an "aglet baby" in The Taming of the Shrew.

22. Abuseful was used 17c., and Shakespeare has Abusious ("Taming of the Shrew," 1594)

23. Abuseful was used 17c., and Shakespeare has Abusious ("Taming of the Shrew," 1594)

24. Synonyms for Battleax include axe, ax, halberd, hatchet, tomahawk, Battleaxe, battle-ax, shrew, virago and termagant

25. The very first mammals were small insectivores, probably very similar to this modern tree shrew. Sentencedict.com