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AMERICAN WATER SHREW

 Dictionary entry overview: What does American water shrew mean? 

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

1. water shrew of North America

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


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AMERICAN WATER SHREW (noun)


Sense 1American water shrew [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Water shrew of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

American water shrew; Sorex palustris

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

water shrew (any of several small semiaquatic shrews usually living near swift-flowing streams)

Holonyms ("American water shrew" is a member of...):

genus Sorex; Sorex (type genus of the family Soricidae: shrews)


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