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• But it's not a shrew and it doesn't really look like an elephant.2019, Martin Brown, Even More Lesser Spotted Animals, Scholastic Incorporated, page 16. From the entry elephantish
• However, Gray Foxes use this gait very often, as do Mule Deer and several shrew species.2012, Lawrence Mark Elbroch, Michael Kresky, Jonah Evans, Field Guide to Animal Tracks and Scat of California, Univ of California Press…. From the entry direct registering
• A few species such as bat, shrew, striped hamster and muskrat are found only in North Korea.1985, H. Edward Kim, “Land and People”, in Facts about Korea, 18th Revised edition, Seoul: Hollym Corporation, →OCLC, page 22. From the entry North Korea
• Specialized hemophagous regions are a striking characteristic of some of these placentas yet absent in hyraxes, elephant shrews, and golden moles.2004, “Placentation in species of phylogenetic importance: the Afrotheria”, in Animal Reproduction Science. From the entry placentation
• For many years elephant shrews, represented here by the rock elephant shrew, were placed wifhin the Order Insectivora.1997, M. G. L. Mills, Lex Hes, The Complete Book of Southern African Mammals, page 62. From the entry elephant shrew
• "Oh, my wife is such a shrew.1985, The Straits Times [newspaper]. From the entry mampus
• People thought it was a sort of shrew, and because it had a long nose they said it looked a bit elephantish.2019, Martin Brown, Even More Lesser Spotted Animals, Scholastic Incorporated, page 16. From the entry elephantish
• The dinosaurs arriving from Asia proved the hardiest immigrants, though zhelestids (primitive insect-eating mammals that resembled elephant shrews) also somehow made it.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 31. From the entry zhelestid
• As we argued already, Shakespeare's representation of the rope-ripe shrew likely was inspired by abundant accounts of the well-hanged and well-hung shrewmouse.2016, J. A. Shea, Paul Yachnin, “The Well-Hung Shrew”, in Lynne Bruckner, Dan Brayton, editors, Ecocritical Shakespeare, →ISBN, page 120. From the entry rope-ripe
• Dental characters have proven to be of little use as there is no Paleocene tree shrew, which would show more primitive tupaiid dental characters.2007, Marc Godinot, “Chapter 4: Primate Origins: A Reappraisal of Historical Data Favoring Tupaiid Affinities”, in Matthew J. Ravosa…. From the entry tupaiid
• 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…. From the entry Etruscan shrew
• Like treeshrews, elephant shrews are active for half of the twenty-four-hour day, implying that this type of general invertebrate gleaning requires long foraging times in both families.2011, Louise H Emmons, Tupai: A Field Study of Bornean Treeshrews, page 221. From the entry elephant shrew
• The order formerly known as Insectivora included solenodons; shrews; moles and desmans; hedgehogs and moonrats or gymnures; golden moles, tenrecs, and otter shrews; and sengis or elephant shrews.2007, Marian Armstrong, Wildlife and Plants, volume 9 (Horseshoe Crab – Ladybug), New York, N.Y.: Marshall Cavendish, →ISBN, page 540. From the entry sengi
• Not much is known about the habits of the Etruscan shrew, but it swims well - most shrews do - and climbs well, but only if it has to.1983, David Black, Animal wonders of the world, Exeter Books, page 15. From the entry Etruscan shrew
• Although the snouts of moles twitch less than those of shrews, particularly elephant shrews, Dobson was enamoured of what he considered the more “moley” twitching of the snouts of moles.2008, Frank Key, Gravitas, Punctilio, Rectitude & Pippy Bags, page 215. From the entry moley

Meaning of shrew

1. noun Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.
2. noun Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews.
3. noun An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.

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How do you use shrew in a sentence?

Shrew is used as a noun and verb. For example: “But it's not a shrew and it doesn't really look like an elephant.”

What is a short sentence with shrew?

“"Oh, my wife is such a shrew.”

What does shrew mean?

Shrew means any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.