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 Translation for 'shrew' from English to Spanish
NOUN   a shrew | shrews
SYNO shrew | shrewmouse | termagant
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musaraña {f} enana [Sorex minutus]
(Eurasian) pygmy shrew
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musaraña {f} montañera [Sorex alpinus]
Alpine shrew
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musaraña {f} alpina [Sorex alpinus]
Alpine shrew
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musaraña {f} elefante de Peters [Rhynchocyon petersi]
black and rufous elephant shrew
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musaraña {f} bicolor [Sorex araneus]
common shrew
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musaraña {f} tricolor [Sorex coronatus]
crowned shrew
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musaraña {f} de Millet [Sorex coronatus]
crowned shrew
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musarañita {f} [Suncus etruscus]
Etruscan (pygmy) shrew
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musgaño {m} enano [Suncus etruscus]
Etruscan (pygmy) shrew
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musaraña {f} mínima [Sorex minutissimus]
Eurasian least shrew
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musaraña {f} bicolor [Sorex araneus]
Eurasian shrew
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musaraña {f} elefante de cuatro dedos [Petrodromus tetradactylus]
four-toed elephant shrew
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musaraña {f} elefante de trompa dorada [Rhynchocyon chrysopygus]
golden-rumped elephant shrew
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musaraña {f} tricolor [Sorex coronatus]
Millet's shrew
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musaraña {f} de Millet [Sorex coronatus]
Millet's shrew
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tenrec {m} acuático [Microgale mergulus, syn.: Limnogale mergulus]
otter shrew
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tenrec {m} palmípedo [Microgale mergulus, syn.: Limnogale mergulus]
otter shrew
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musaraña {f} elefante de hocico corto [Elephantulus brachyrhynchus]
short-snouted elephant shrew
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musaraña {f} elefante de Peters [Rhynchocyon petersi]
Zanj elephant shrew
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Usage Examples English
  • "Crocidura hikmiya" (Sinharaja shrew or Sri Lankan rain forest shrew) is a species of shrew described from the rainforests of Sri Lanka, based on both morphological and molecular data.
  • The Christmas Island shrew ("Crocidura trichura"), also known as the Christmas Island musk-shrew is an extremely rare or possibly extinct shrew from Christmas Island.
  • The African black shrew ("Crocidura nigrofusca") is a species of shrew. It is native to Africa, where it is widespread. Other common names include tenebrous shrew.
  • The differences between the regular elephant shrew and the four-toed elephant shrew can be seen in facial features, body length and weight.
  • The large-eared gray shrew ("Notiosorex evotis") is a species of shrew.

  • Shrews are common: the cinereus shrew, long-tailed shrew and American water shrew are widespread in the New England region, while the North American least shrew and southeastern shrew are common in the southeastern states.
  • The Eurasian least shrew ("Sorex minutissimus"), also called the lesser pygmy shrew, is the second-smallest mammal by mass after the Etruscan shrew.
  • It is also called house shrew, grey musk shrew, Asian musk shrew or Indian musk shrew.
  • In some species, a female shrew and her dependent young form "caravans", in which each shrew grasps the rear of the shrew in front, when changing location.
  • The mossy forest shrew ("Crocidura musseri") is a species of shrew native to Indonesia.

  • The lesser Taiwanese shrew ("Chodsigoa sodalis") is a rare species of shrew in the Soricomorpha order.
  • Van Sung's shrew ("Chodsigoa caovansunga"), also known as Cao Van Sung mountain shrew is a species of shrew in the Soricomorpha order. Specimens of "Chodsigoa caovansunga" have been found in Vietnam.
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