"mole shrew" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mole shrews [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mole shrew (plural mole shrews)
  1. Any of various shrews that resemble moles, of the genera Surdisorex and Anourosorex. Synonyms (Surdisorex): African mole shrew Translations (Surdisorex or Anourosorex): tunnelipäästäinen (english: Surdisorex) (Finnish), kontiaispäästäinen (english: Anourosorex) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-mole_shrew-en-noun-JbanBLEO Disambiguation of 'Surdisorex': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'Surdisorex or Anourosorex': 100 0
  2. Synonym of short-tailed shrew, any of the genus Blarina of relatively large shrews with relatively short tails, found in North America. Categories (lifeform): Soricomorphs Synonyms: short-tailed shrew [synonym, synonym-of], any of the genus Blarina of relatively large shrews with relatively short tails [synonym, synonym-of], found in North America [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-mole_shrew-en-noun-HHaZhH0M Disambiguation of Soricomorphs: 29 71 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63

Inflected forms

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