short-tailed shrew

American  

noun

1. a grayish-black shrew, Blarina brevicauda, common in eastern North America, that has a tail less than half the length of the body.

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Example Sentences

For example, the northern short-tailed shrew weighs roughly the same amount as the greater horseshoe bat.

From Scientific American

Of mammals, Elliot’s short-tailed shrew, the northern long-eared bat, Franklin’s ground squirrel and the spotted skunk benefit.

From Washington Times

Between July 21 and August 27 a total of two hundred and eighty-five mouse traps set in the upland forest took on the first nights one short-tailed shrew and thirty northern white-footed mice.

From Project Gutenberg

On several occasions when a short-tailed shrew was caught in the same pitfall with ant-eating frogs, it was found to have killed and eaten them.

From Project Gutenberg

More voles and a short-tailed shrew were taken on later days.

From Project Gutenberg