WATER SHREW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water shrew mean? 

• WATER SHREW (noun)
  The noun WATER SHREW has 1 sense:

1. any of several small semiaquatic shrews usually living near swift-flowing streams

  Familiarity information: WATER SHREW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATER SHREW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several small semiaquatic shrews usually living near swift-flowing streams

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("water shrew" is a kind of...):

shrew; shrewmouse (small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water shrew"):

American water shrew; Sorex palustris (water shrew of North America)

European water shrew; Neomys fodiens (widely distributed Old World water shrew)

Mediterranean water shrew; Neomys anomalus (a type of water shrew)