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Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae (order Soricomorpha).

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Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews (order Soricomorpha).

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An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.

Among the Insectivora, the alpine shrew (Sorex alpinus) is restricted to the Alps.

The old shrew has never allowed me egress to her premises.

I just said I wasn't sharing anything with that Boston shrew, I didn't say I was quitting the caper.

Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew has been influenced in several respects (including the names Tranio and Grumio) by the Mostellaria.

Shrews are notoriously small, ( the pygmy white-toothed shrew is the smallest extant mammal weighing a mere 2-3 grams at adult weight).

Big dry passages, lots of bats and spiders, we even saw a shrew in the cave.

Among animals peculiar to the forest regions are a tiger-cat about the size of a leopard, the honey badger or black Ituri ratel and the elephant shrew.

The Life of Mammals describes and illustrates the remarkable diversity of mammals from the giant blue whale to the miniscule pigmy shrew.

Other smaller mammals include muskrat Ondatra zibethicus, cottontail rabbit Sylvilagus floridanus, and a number of mice, mole and shrew species.

Britain's tiny, secretive water shrew leaves few signs and is under threat through habitat loss and pollution.

Also first mammal casualty of the year - a common shrew brought in by the cat.

There are nearly 5,000 species of mammals the smallest shrew weighing only 1.75 grams, the largest whale up to 140 tons.

In common with other shrew species, water shrew species, water shrews are protected under Schedule 6 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981 ).

The mammal survey showed that wood mice live at Jumping Downs and Pygmy shrew were found at some of the reptile survey sites!

The mammal survey showed that wood mice live at Jumping Downs and pygmy shrew were found at some of the reptile survey sites !

Britain 's tiny, secretive water shrew leaves few signs and is under threat through habitat loss and pollution.

However, being heavily influenced by shrew people 4000 years ago brought a new dimension of leisure.

Herefordshire water shrew survey The water shrew is Herefordshire 's, and Britain 's, least known land mammal.

In common with other shrew species, water shrews are protected under Schedule 6 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981).

Even if you left your job because your old boss was a shrew and you hated her, you do not want to provide this answer in an interview.

Pygmy shrew were found at some of the reptile survey sites!

Herefordshire water shrew survey The water shrew survey The water shrew is Herefordshire's, and Britain's, least known land mammal.

His temper and life seem to have been remarkably free from all that was jarring, jealous and fretful; unless, indeed, we are to accept as true the account of his wife's character which represents her as having been no fit mate for him, but an incorrigible shrew and skinflint.

Moles, which are unknown in the Indian peninsula, abound in the forest regions of the eastern Himalayas at a moderate altitude, and shrews of several species are found almost everywhere; amongst them are two very remarkable forms of water shrew, one of which, however, Nectogale, is probably Tibetan rather than Himalayan.

The human flea is considerably exceeded in size by certain other species found upon much smaller hosts; thus the European Hystrichopsylla talpae, a parasite of the mole, shrew and other small mammals, attains a length of 5z millimetres; another large species infests the Indian porcupine.