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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From spiss (“pointy”) + mus (“mouse”).
Pronunciation
Noun
spissmus f (definite singular spissmusa, indefinite plural spissmus or spissmyser, definite plural spissmusene or spissmysene)
- a shrew, a small animal of the genus Soricidae
- 1935, Eirik Vandvik, (translated from Herodotus) "Nildalen og folket der":
Spissmyser og haukar fører dei avstad til byen Buto, ibisar til Hermes-byen.- They take the shrews and hawks to the city of Buto, the ibises to Hermopolis.
- Synonym: skjerd
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