noun
Meaning 1
A shrew, Sorex araneus, one of the most common mammals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
common shrew
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Sound
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noun
Meaning 2
common American shrew
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Sorex araneus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrew, shrewmouse
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Basque: satitsu buztankarratu — Sorex araneus
- Breton: minoc'h boutin — Sorex araneus
- Bulgarian: буразубка звычайная (burazubka zvyčajnaja) — Sorex araneus
- Catalan: musaranya cuaquadrada — Sorex araneus
- Catalan: morro de trompeta — Sorex araneus
- Chinese Mandarin: 普通鼩鼱 (pǔtōng qújīng) — Sorex araneus
- Czech: rejsek obecný — Sorex araneus
- Danish: spidsmus — Sorex araneus
- Danish: almindelig spidsmus — Sorex araneus
- Dutch: bosspitsmuis — Sorex araneus
- Estonian: mets-karihiir — Sorex araneus
- Finnish: metsäpäästäinen — Sorex araneus
- French: musaraigne carrelet — Sorex araneus
- French: musaraigne commune — Sorex araneus
- German: Waldspitzmaus — Sorex araneus
- Hungarian: erdei cickány — Sorex araneus
- Italian: toporagno comune — Sorex araneus
- Kashubian: aksamińtnô rilówka — Sorex araneus
- Latvian: meža cirslis — Sorex araneus
- Lithuanian: paprastasis kirstukas — Sorex araneus
- Norwegian Bokmål: krattspissmus — Sorex araneus
- Norwegian Bokmål: vanlig spissmus — Sorex araneus
- Norwegian Nynorsk: krattspissmus — Sorex araneus
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vanleg spissmus — Sorex araneus
- Polish: ryjówka aksamitna — Sorex araneus
- Portuguese: musaranho comum — Sorex araneus
- Russian: обыкнове́нная бурозу́бка (obyknovénnaja burozúbka) — Sorex araneus
- Russian: обыкнове́нная землеро́йка (obyknovénnaja zemlerójka) — Sorex araneus
- Russian: лесна́я землеро́йка (lesnája zemlerójka) — Sorex araneus
- Slovak: piskor — Sorex araneus
- Slovak: piskor obyčajný — Sorex araneus
- Spanish: musaraña bicolor — Sorex araneus
- Swedish: vanlig näbbmus — Sorex araneus
- Turkish: yaygın sivri fare — Sorex araneus
- Ukrainian: мі́диця звича́йна (mídycja zvyčájna) — Sorex araneus
- Welsh: llyg cyffredin — Sorex araneus