shrew
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The Etruscan shrew, the smallest mammal, weighs about 1.8 grams.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Previous fictions have deemed Agnes a cradle robber or a shrew or the Bard’s secret co-writer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
They included a horseshoe bat called Rhinolophus mabuensis and a dwarf musk shrew which scientists are still in the process of naming and describing.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2024
The shrew label never worked on her because her unabashed confidence and conviction were always painted as her strengths.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2024
It was a lady shrew, a tiny thing scarcely bigger than a peanut, but with a wit as sharp as her teeth.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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