Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tree shrew

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables: tree shrew
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small mammal native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, resembling the shrew, in order Scandentia, consisting of families Tupaiidae and Ptilocercidae.

Inflected Forms

tree shrews (plural) treeshrew (alternative) tree-shrew (alternative)

Questions

What does tree shrew mean?: A small mammal native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, resembling the shrew, in order Scandentia, consisting of families Tupaiidae and Ptilocercidae.

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