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shrew::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | termagant |
| Type of | disagreeable woman, unpleasant woman |
| Has types | yenta, virago |
shrew::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | shrewmouse |
| Type of | insectivore |
| Has types | blarina brevicauda, sorex araneus, sorex cinereus, short-tailed shrew, common shrew, cryptotis parva, least shrew, masked shrew, water shrew |
Examples of shrew
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He watches the taming of the shrew as if it might all be his frustrated fantasy.
From the independent.co.uk
This means that a shrew may starve if it finds no food for as little as 5 hours.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Different races of the shrew have shuffled their chromosomes in different ways.
From the newscientist.com
And yes, I have eaten the elephant shrew, and no, it does not taste like chicken.
From the scienceblogs.com
And for such an irregular visitor, the water shrew fell into a regular routine.
From the guardian.co.uk
Joan Rivers, that screeching shrew who used to be funny, is one of the guests.
From the newsobserver.com
The adaptive significance of echolocation to the wandering shrew is discussed.
From the scienceblogs.com
Then, I get very mad at myself for acting and sounding like a great big shrew.
From the washingtonpost.com
Sambhur, spotted deer, mongoose, mouse and shrew are more of Wilpattu's residents.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
- Small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
- A shrew or shrew mouse (family Soricidae) is a small mammal classified in the order Soricomorpha. True shrews are also not to be confused with West Indies shrews, treeshrews, otter shrews, or elephant shrews, which belong to different families or orders.
- In the English language, the word shrew is used to describe a woman with a violent, scolding, selfish, or nagging temperament, as in Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew. ...
- Shrew (Marilyn Maycroft) is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe. Her first appearance was in X-Factor vol. 1 #80.
- (The Shrews) The Shrews were fictional characters in the animated series The Animals of Farthing Wood. They did not appear in any of The Animals of Farthing Wood books, a series written by Colin Dann.
- Any of numerous small mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae; An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold
- To dream of a shrew, foretells that you will have a task to keep some friend in a cheerful frame of mind, and that you will unfit yourself for the experiences of everyday existence.
