shrew

shrew
shrew(mouse) землеройка; pl землеройковые, Soricidae
armored shrew(mouse) прочноскелетная землеройка, Scutisorex
Asiatic water shrew(mouse) водяная белозубка, Chimmarogale
common shrew(mouse) обыкновенная бурозубка, Sorex araneus
desert shrew(mouse) пустынная бурозубка, Notiosorex crowfordi
elephant shrew(mouse)s прыгунчиковые, Macroscelidae
giant water shrew(mouse) выдровая землеройка, Potamogale velox
girder-backed shrew(mouse) прочноскелетная землеройка, Scutisorex
large tree shrew(mouse) большая тупайя, Tupaia tana
least shrew(mouse) малый скрытоух, Cryptotis parva
lesser shrew(mouse) малая бурозубка, Sorex minutus
pigmy shrew(mouse) 1. малая бурозубка, Sorex minutus; 2. бурозубка-пигмей, Microsorex hoyi
shorttail shrew(mouse) короткохвостая бурозубка, Blarina brevicauda
small tree shrew(mouse) яванская тупайя, Tupaia javanica
tree shrew(mouse) тупайя, Tupaia
water shrew(mouse) кутора, Neomys
web-footed shrew(mouse) перепончатолапая белозубка, Nectogale
white-toothed shrew(mouse) белозубка, Crocidura

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  • Shrew — Shrew, n. [See {Shrew}, a.] 1. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. [1913 Webster] A man . . . grudgeth that shrews [i. e., bad men] have prosperity, or else… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shrew — Shrew, v. t. [See {Shrew}, a., and cf. {Beshrew}.] To beshrew; to curse. [Obs.] I shrew myself. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shrew — Shrew, a. [OE. shrewe, schrewe. Cf. {Shrewd}.] Wicked; malicious. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shrew — small mammal, O.E. screawa shrew mouse, unknown outside English, perhaps from P.Gmc. *skreu to cut (see SHRED (Cf. shred)). Alternative O.E. word for it was scirfemus, from sceorfan to gnaw. The meaning peevish, malignant, clamorous, spiteful,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • shrew — [ʃru:] n [: Old English; Origin: screawa] 1.) a very small animal like a mouse with a long pointed nose 2.) old fashioned an unpleasant woman who always argues and disagrees with people …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • shrew — [ ʃru ] noun count 1. ) a small animal that looks like a mouse with a pointed nose 2. ) OLD FASHIONED an insulting word for a woman who always complains, argues, or NAGS …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • shrew — scold, vixen, termagant, *virago, amazon …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • shrew — ► NOUN 1) a small insect eating mammal resembling a mouse, with a long pointed snout and tiny eyes. 2) a bad tempered or aggressively assertive woman. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • shrew — [shro͞o] n. [ME schrewe, a malicious person < OE screawa, shrewmouse, akin to OHG scrawaz, dwarf, goblin, MHG schröuwel, devil < IE * (s)ker : see SHRED] 1. any of a number of small, slender, mouselike insectivore mammals (esp. family… …   English World dictionary

  • shrew — shrew1 shrewlike, adj. /shrooh/, n. a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant. [1200 50; ME; special use of SHREW2] Syn. virago, nag, scold. shrew2 /shrooh/, n. any of several small, mouselike insectivores of the genus Sorex and related… …   Universalium

  • Shrew — Taxobox name = ShrewsMSW3 Hutterer | pages = 223 300] fossil range = Middle Eocene to Recent image width = 250px image caption = Southern Short tailed Shrew regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Soricomorpha familia =… …   Wikipedia


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