water shrew

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See also: watershrew

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Noun

water shrew (plural water shrews)

  1. Any of several species of semiaquatic red-toothed shrews:
    1. of certain Asiatic water shrews in genus Chimarrogale
    2. of genus Nectogale (elegant water shrew)
    3. of genus Neomys of small insectivores in the Soricidae family
    4. of genus Sorex of North America

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