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long-tailed shrew

long-tailed shrew noun: sorex dispar, a small slate-gray shrew of Atlantic Canada and the Northeastern United States, with a pointed snout, a long tail, and lighter underparts.

Noun

long-tailed shrew (plural long-tailed shrews)

  1. Sorex dispar, a small slate-gray shrew of Atlantic Canada and the Northeastern United States, with a pointed snout, a long tail, and lighter underparts.
    Synonyms:
    rock shrew

Synonyms of long-tailed shrew

Forms of long-tailed shrew

plurallong-tailed shrews

Questions about long-tailed shrew

What does long-tailed shrew mean?
Long-tailed shrew means sorex dispar, a small slate-gray shrew of Atlantic Canada and the Northeastern United States, with a pointed snout, a long tail, and lighter underparts.
What part of speech is long-tailed shrew?
Long-tailed shrew is a noun.
What is the plural of long-tailed shrew?
The plural of long-tailed shrew is long-tailed shrews.

Words near long-tailed shrew in the dictionary

  1. long-tailed parroquet
  2. long-tailed parroquets
  3. long-tailed planigale
  4. long-tailed planigales
  5. long-tailed porcupine
  6. long-tailed shrew
  7. long-tailed shrike
  8. long-tailed shrikes
  9. long-tailed skipper
  10. long-tailed tit
  11. long-tailed titmice

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