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Etruscan shrews

Etruscan shrews is the plural of Etruscan shrew.

Meaning of Etruscan shrew

Noun

Etruscan shrew (plural Etruscan shrews)

  1. Suncus etruscus, a species of shrew native to Eurasia.
    • Of particular interest is the Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus), the smallest living mammal, whose adult body mass averages no more than 2 g.a. 1980, Ewald R. Weibel et al., "The respiratory system of the smallest mammal". Published in: 1980, Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, Liana Bolis, Charles Richard Taylor, Comparative Physiology: Primitive...
    Synonyms:
    Etruscan pygmy shrew, white-toothed pygmy shrew

Questions about Etruscan shrews

What is Etruscan shrews the plural of?
Etruscan shrews is the plural of Etruscan shrew.

Words near Etruscan shrews in the dictionary

  1. Etruscan
  2. Etruscan bear
  3. Etruscan bears
  4. Etruscan gold
  5. Etruscan shrew
  6. Etruscan shrews
  7. Etruscanist
  8. Etruscanists
  9. Etruscanness
  10. Etruscans
  11. Etruscheria

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