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WATER SHREW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several small semiaquatic shrews usually living near swift-flowing streams
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("water shrew" is a kind of...):
shrew; shrewmouse (small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water shrew"):
American water shrew; Sorex palustris (water shrew of North America)
European water shrew; Neomys fodiens (widely distributed Old World water shrew)
Mediterranean water shrew; Neomys anomalus (a type of water shrew)
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