shrew
English Thesaurus
1. small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | insectivore, |
| definition | : | small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | common shrew, sorex araneus, |
| definition | : | common American shrew (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | masked shrew, sorex cinereus, |
| definition | : | commonest shrew of moist habitats in North America (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | blarina brevicauda, short-tailed shrew, |
| definition | : | North American shrew with tail less than half its body length (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | water shrew, |
| definition | : | any of several small semiaquatic shrews usually living near swift-flowing streams (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cryptotis parva, least shrew, |
| definition | : | small brown shrew of grassy regions of eastern United States (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | family soricidae, soricidae, |
| definition | : | shrews (noun.animal) |
2. a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | disagreeable woman, unpleasant woman, |
| definition | : | a woman who is an unpleasant person (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | virago, |
| definition | : | a noisy or scolding or domineering woman (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | yenta, |
| definition | : | (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant (noun.person) |
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