shrewmouse

Other forms: shrewmice

Definitions of shrewmouse

1. noun

   small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
   synonyms: shrew

   types:

   Sorex araneus, common shrew

   common American shrew

   Sorex cinereus, masked shrew

   commonest shrew of moist habitats in North America

   Blarina brevicauda, short-tailed shrew

   North American shrew with tail less than half its body length

   water shrew

   any of several small semiaquatic shrews usually living near swift-flowing streams

   Cryptotis parva, least shrew

   small brown shrew of grassy regions of eastern United States

   American water shrew, Sorex palustris

   water shrew of North America

   European water shrew, Neomys fodiens

   widely distributed Old World water shrew

   Mediterranean water shrew, Neomys anomalus

   a type of water shrew

   type of:

   insectivore

   small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals