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shrew

[shroo] / ʃru /


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The tree shrew had the highest intake at 1.4 g/kg/day, while the honeybee had the lowest at 0.05 g/kg/day.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

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

Folding the wings and shutting his eyes tightly, he shouted out with bad grace, “I promise never to kill or eat another mouse or shrew of any type as long as I live, so there!”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques




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