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tree-shrew

tree-shrew is the alternative spelling of tree shrew.

Meaning of tree shrew

Noun

tree shrew (plural tree shrews)

  1. A small mammal native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, resembling the shrew, in order Scandentia, consisting of families Tupaiidae and Ptilocercidae.

Forms of tree-shrew

pluraltree-shrews

Questions about tree-shrew

What is tree-shrew the alternative spelling of?
Tree-shrew is the alternative spelling of tree shrew.

Words near tree-shrew in the dictionary

  1. tree-makers
  2. tree-of-heaven
  3. tree-ring
  4. tree-rings
  5. tree-sap
  6. tree-shrew
  7. tree-shrews
  8. tree-stump
  9. tree-stumps
  10. tree-top
  11. tree-topper

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tree-shrew (page history and authors); tree shrew (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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