shrew
noun/ʃruː/
/ʃruː/
- a small animal like a mouse with a long noseTopics Animalsc2
- (old-fashioned) an offensive word for an angry unpleasant woman
Word OriginOld English scrēawa, scrǣwa, of Germanic origin; related words in Germanic languages have senses such as ‘dwarf’, ‘devil’, or ‘fox’.
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