SHORT-TAILED SHREW

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

North American shrew with tail less than half its body length

Synonyms:

Blarina brevicauda; short-tailed shrew

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("short-tailed shrew" is a kind of...):

shrew; shrewmouse (small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles)

Holonyms ("short-tailed shrew" is a member of...):

Blarina; genus Blarina (shrews)

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