shrewmouse
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When young, Jeff would challenge himself to define a word, chasing it down through the dictionary: Fishwife to shrew to shrewmouse to insectivorous to vorous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2016
The smallest British quadruped. then a liliputian shrewmouse turned up. he, and he only, has a prehensile tail.
From "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character by English, Douglas
A shrewmouse broke cover in front of him, followed by its mate.
From "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character by English, Douglas
The ichneumon and the shrewmouse were also held sacred, though not identified with a human god.
From The Religion of Ancient Egypt by Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir
He was a water-shrewmouse, 3 and very much like the common shrewmouse that we often find lying dead in lanes and pathways.
From The Squirrels and other animals Illustrations of the habits and instincts of many of the smaller British quadrupeds by Waring, George
Sometimes they met with some little shrewmice running on the snow.
From In the Forest Or, pictures of life and scenery in the woods of Canada by Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland
It is pretty to see the footprints of these small shrewmice, on the surface of the fresh fallen snow in the deep forest-glades.
From Lady Mary and her Nurse by Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland
He was found stretched dead in the middle of the path, and the time, as any book that deals with shrewmice would tell you, was the autumn.
From "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character by English, Douglas
It is pretty to see the footprints of these small shrewmice on the surface of the fresh fallen snow in the deep forest glades.
From In the Forest Or, pictures of life and scenery in the woods of Canada by Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland
Sometimes they met with some little shrewmice, running on the snow.
From Lady Mary and her Nurse by Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland
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