Shrew-mouse
21shrew — n. 1 any small usu. insect eating mouselike mammal of the family Soricidae, with a long pointed snout. 2 a bad tempered or scolding woman. Derivatives: shrewish adj. (in sense 2). shrewishly adv. shrewishness n. Etymology: OE screawa, scraeligwa… …
22shrew´like´ — shrew «shroo», noun. 1. a small mammal like a mouse, that has a long snout, tiny eyes and ears, and brownish fur. Shrews eat insects and worms. 2. Figurative. a bad tempered, quarrelsome woman: »Once the marriage contract is signed, the sweet… …
23shrew — [ʃru:] n [: Old English; Origin: screawa] 1.) a very small animal like a mouse with a long pointed nose 2.) old fashioned an unpleasant woman who always argues and disagrees with people …
24shrew — [ ʃru ] noun count 1. ) a small animal that looks like a mouse with a pointed nose 2. ) OLD FASHIONED an insulting word for a woman who always complains, argues, or NAGS …
25shrew — ► NOUN 1) a small insect eating mammal resembling a mouse, with a long pointed snout and tiny eyes. 2) a bad tempered or aggressively assertive woman. ORIGIN Old English …
26Shrew — Taxobox name = ShrewsMSW3 Hutterer | pages = 223 300] fossil range = Middle Eocene to Recent image width = 250px image caption = Southern Short tailed Shrew regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Soricomorpha familia =… …
27mouse — mouselike, adj. n. /mows/; v. /mowz/, n., pl. mice /muys/, v., moused, mousing. n. 1. any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, esp. of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world. 2. any similar small animal …
28shrew — shrew1 shrewlike, adj. /shrooh/, n. a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant. [1200 50; ME; special use of SHREW2] Syn. virago, nag, scold. shrew2 /shrooh/, n. any of several small, mouselike insectivores of the genus Sorex and related… …
29shrew — UK [ʃruː] / US [ʃru] noun [countable] Word forms shrew : singular shrew plural shrews 1) a small animal that looks like a mouse with a pointed nose 2) old fashioned an insulting word for a woman who always complains, argues, or nags …
30mouse — n. & v. n. (pl. mice) 1 a any of various small rodents of the family Muridae, esp. of the genus Mus. b any of several similar rodents such as a small shrew or vole. 2 a timid or feeble person. 3 Computing a small hand held device which controls… …
