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Meanings of shrew family in English

Russian
землеройка
Portuguese
soricinae
Spanish
musgaño
Catalan
sorícids
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Family of mammals.

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        землеройка
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        Examples for "shrew"
        Examples for "shrew"
        1
        Let them take that shrew of a wife, too! Baron Poll bellowed.
        Brotherhood of the Wolf
        2
        A sharp nose has been considered the visible mark of a shrew.
        The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13,...
        3
        I've got some more crickets for the Etruscan shrew, the Beefeater called.
        The tower, the zoo and the tortoise
        4
        You remember I did my master's thesis on rock shrew cell differentiation?
        Anvil Gate
        5
        His wife, Kate, is called a shrew on account of her ill-temper.
        Elson Grammar School Literature, book 4
        Usage of shrew family in English
        1
        There are two families in this order, the Shrew family and the Mole family.
        The Burgess Animal Book for Children
        2
        Another of the Shrew family is the Marsh Shrew, also called Water Shrew and Black-and white Shrew.
        The Burgess Animal Book for Children