"water shrew" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: water shrews [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} water shrew (plural water shrews)
  1. Any of several species of semiaquatic red-toothed shrews:
    of certain Asiatic water shrews in genus Chimarrogale
    Sense id: en-water_shrew-en-noun-hag7V8AT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 21 21 30
  2. Any of several species of semiaquatic red-toothed shrews:
    of genus Nectogale (elegant water shrew)
    Sense id: en-water_shrew-en-noun-sChBjwgm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 21 21 30
  3. Any of several species of semiaquatic red-toothed shrews:
    of genus Neomys of small insectivores in the Soricidae family
    Sense id: en-water_shrew-en-noun-apOEOg6Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 21 21 30
  4. Any of several species of semiaquatic red-toothed shrews:
    of genus Sorex of North America
    Categories (lifeform): Soricomorphs
    Sense id: en-water_shrew-en-noun-NVPsFJXQ Disambiguation of Soricomorphs: 18 17 17 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 21 21 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 22 22 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 20 20 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 20 20 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 19 18 18 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 18 18 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 19 18 18 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 16 15 15 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 19 18 18 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 16 17 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 19 19 19 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Eurasian water shrew): vesimutt (Estonian), vesipäästäinen (Finnish), vannspissmus [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vassmus [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), vass-spissmus [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), vasspissmus [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), chițcan-de-apă [masculine] (Romanian), vattennäbbmus (Swedish), llyg y dŵr [masculine] (Welsh)
Derived forms: American water shrew (taxonomic: Sorex palustris), Asiatic water shrew (english: Chimarrogale), black water shrew (Crossopus ciliatus, Bornean water shrew (Chimarrogale phaeura, Chinese water shrew (Chimarrogale styani, elegant water shrew) (taxonomic: Nectogale elegans), Eurasian water shrew, European water shrew (taxonomic: Neomys fodiens), giant water shrew (Potamogale velox, Glacier Bay water shrew (taxonomic: Sorex alaskanus), Mediterranean water shrew (taxonomic: Neomys anomalus), northern water shrew (taxonomic: Sorex palustris), Pacific water shrew (taxonomic: Sorex bendini), Transcaucasian water shrew (taxonomic: Neomys teres) Disambiguation of 'Eurasian water shrew': 31 35 11 22

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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