Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water shrew

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter shrew
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any semiaquatic red-toothed shrews of several species:

noun

Any semiaquatic red-toothed shrews of several species:

noun

Any semiaquatic red-toothed shrews of several species:

noun

Any semiaquatic red-toothed shrews of several species:

Inflected Forms

water shrews (plural)

Phrases

American water shrew Asiatic water shrew Bendire's water shrew black water shrew (Crossopus ciliatus Bornean water shrew (Chimarrogale phaeura Chinese water shrew (Chimarrogale styani elegant water shrew) Eurasian water shrew

Questions

What does water shrew mean?: Any semiaquatic red-toothed shrews of several species:

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