shrews
noun
- 1
Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae (order Soricomorpha).
- 2
Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews (order Soricomorpha).
- 3
An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.
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