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AMERICAN WATER SHREW
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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.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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