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MEDITERRANEAN WATER SHREW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mediterranean water shrew mean? 

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

1. a type of water shrewplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MEDITERRANEAN WATER SHREW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A type of water shrew

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Mediterranean water shrew; Neomys anomalus

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

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

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

genus Neomys; Neomys (a genus of Soricidae)


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