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SHREW MOLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Slender mole having a long snout and tail

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("shrew mole" is a kind of...):

mole (small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shrew mole"):

Asiatic shrew mole; Uropsilus soricipes (shrew mole of eastern Asia)

American shrew mole; Neurotrichus gibbsii (greyish-black shrew mole of the United States and Canada)

Holonyms ("shrew mole" is a member of...):

genus Uropsilus; Uropsilus (shrew moles)

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