Shrew

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1. Adjective

Wicked; malicious.

2. Adjective

Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold.

3. Adjective

Any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family Sorecidae. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals.

4. Adjective

To beshrew; to curse.

5. Noun

small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
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