"ranny" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rannies [plural]
Etymology: From Latin mūsarāneus (“shrew, fieldmouse”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂er-}}, {{uder|en|la|mūsarāneus||shrew, fieldmouse}} Latin mūsarāneus (“shrew, fieldmouse”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ranny (plural rannies)
  1. (obsolete outside dialects, East Anglia) A shrew (the animal). Wikipedia link: Shrew Tags: East-Anglia, dialectal, obsolete Categories (lifeform): Soricomorphs Derived forms: ranny-gazoo

Inflected forms

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