water shrew

Other forms: water shrews

Definitions of water shrew
  1. noun
    any of several small semiaquatic shrews usually living near swift-flowing streams
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    types:
    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:
    shrew, shrewmouse
    small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
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