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shrew

[shroo] / ʃru /


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Lyell shrew was known to reside in just a few locations in the central Sierra Nevada near Mt.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 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

They isolated the virus itself from two small mammals, a red-backed vole and a shrew.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 3, 2024

What the shrew had said was meant to be sympathetic, but it was not helpful.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien




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