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EUROPEAN WATER SHREW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does European water shrew mean?
• EUROPEAN WATER SHREW (noun)
The noun EUROPEAN WATER SHREW has 1 sense:
1. widely distributed Old World water shrew
Familiarity information: EUROPEAN WATER SHREW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widely distributed Old World water shrew
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
European water shrew; Neomys fodiens
Hypernyms ("European water shrew" is a kind of...):
water shrew (any of several small semiaquatic shrews usually living near swift-flowing streams)
Holonyms ("European water shrew" is a member of...):
genus Neomys; Neomys (a genus of Soricidae)
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"The man who wanted to milk the male goat failed." (Arabic proverb)
"By firelight, an old rag looks like sturdy hemp fabric." (Corsican proverb)