What does musk shrew mean?

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musk shrew

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

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noun

Any of Crocidura spp.

noun

A house shrew (Suncus murinus, syn. Sorex indicus)

noun

A desman (Desmana moschata or Galemys pyrenaicus).

noun

A muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus etc.).

musk shrews (plural) muskshrew (alternative)

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