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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHREW MOLE

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Shrew mole is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SHREW MOLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shrew mole

A shrew mole or shrew-mole is a mole that resembles a shrew. Species with that name include: ▪ Four species in the subfamily Uropsilinae, or "shrew-like moles", native to China: ▪ Anderson's shrew mole ▪ Gracile shrew mole ▪ Inquisitive shrew mole ▪ Chinese shrew mole ▪ Two species in the tribe Urotrichini, or himizu, native to Japan: ▪ Japanese shrew mole ▪ True's shrew mole ▪ One species in the tribe Neutrichini, native to Pacific North America: ▪ American shrew-mole...

Definition of shrew mole in the English dictionary

The definition of shrew mole in the dictionary is any of several moles, such as Uropsilus soricipes of E Asia or Neurotrichus gibbsi of E North America, having a long snout and long tail.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHREW MOLE

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shrapnel
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Shreveport
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shrewmice
shrewmouse

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHREW MOLE

amole
golden mole
guacamole
guachamole
kilomole
macromole
marsupial mole
micromole
millimole
mole
osmole
picomole
septimole
star-nosed mole
undecimole

Synonyms and antonyms of shrew mole in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «shrew mole» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHREW MOLE

Find out the translation of shrew mole to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shrew mole from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shrew mole» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

悍妇摩尔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

musaraña topo
570 millions of speakers

English

shrew mole
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कर्कशा तिल
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الزبابة الخلد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

землеройка моль
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

musaranho toupeira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছাই
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

musaraigne taupe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mencuri tahi lalat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spitzmaus Maulwurf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

トガリネズミモル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

말괄량이 몰
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyolong mole
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

nốt ruồi chuột chù
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மோல் ஷௌல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिचुंद्री
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fıstık köstebek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

toporagno talpa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jędza mola
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

землерийка моль
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scorpie mol
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μέγαιρα mole
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skeerbekmuis mol
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

argbigga mullvad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spissmus muldvarp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shrew mole

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHREW MOLE»

The term «shrew mole» is used very little and occupies the 186.056 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHREW MOLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shrew mole

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHREW MOLE»

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Mole & Shrew step out
Mole commits a comic blunder regarding a fancy ball, but his good friend Shrew sticks by him.
Jackie French Koller, 1992
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A Field Guide to the Mammals: North America North of Mexico
PACIFIC WATER SHREW PYGMY SHREW GRAY SHREW LEAST SHREW SHORTTAIL SHREW SHREW-MOLE STARNOSE MOLE EASTERN MOLE HAIRYTAIL MOLE TOWNSEND MOLE PACIFIC MOLE CALIFORNIA MOLE . . . LEAFCHIN ...
William Henry Burt, 1980
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals
... Chinese Shrew Moles d Ohrenspitzmausmaulwürfe f Musaraignes-taupes Uropsilus andersoni Erinaceomorpha - Talpidae e Anderson's Shrew Mole d Andersons-Spitzmausmaulwurf Uropsilus gracilis Erinaceomorpha - Talpidae e Gracile ...
Murray Wrobel, 2006
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Mammals of California and Its Coastal Waters
This is a shrew mole, which, as the name suggests, resembles both a shrew and a mole although it is nearer the size of a shrew. It may be distinguished from a mole (Sca- panus) in that its forefeet are longer from base to claw than they are ...
Lloyd Glenn Ingles, 1954
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Land Mammals of Oregon
The talpids are represented in Oregon by four species: three species of moles of the genus Scapanus and the shrew- mole, genus Neurotrichus. All are dark gray or blackish animals with fusiform bodies; short appendages; manus, forelimbs, ...
B. J. Verts, Leslie N. Carraway, 1998
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Mammals of Wisconsin
Ash-colored shrew, bee mole, bee shrew, brown shrew, cryptotis, ground mole- mouse, least mole-shrew, least shrew, little bob-tailed shrew, little mole shrew, little shrew, mole mouse, oldfield shrew, pigmy or pygmy short-tailed shrew, small  ...
Hartley Harrad Thompson Jackson, 1961
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Walker's Mammals of the World
American shrew mole (Neurotrichus gibbsii), photo by Victor B. Scheffer. Inset; photos from Proc. Zool. Soc. London. Brewer's hairy-tailed mole (Parascalops breweri). The white mark on the. bet 1978). Both species are reportedly common in ...
Ronald M. Nowak, 1999
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Soricomorpha Introduction: Arctic Shrew, European Mole, ...
Chapters: Arctic Shrew, European Mole, Talpa, Lesser White-toothed Shrew, Tule Shrew, Christmas Island Shrew, Greater White-toothed Shrew, Soriculus, Baird's Shrew, American Water Shrew, Etruscan Shrew, Myosoricinae, Uropsilus, Hairy-tailed ...
LLC Books, Books Group, 2010
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The Natural History of Canadian Mammals
Star-nosed Moles are less fossorial than are most other North American moles ( except for the Shrew-mole). They commonly forage in surface tunnels during the darkness and can rise onto their hind feet, using their tail as a brace ~ an action ...
Donna Naughton, 2012
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Opossums, Shrews and Moles of British Columbia
However, studies in other parts of the western United States revealed no clear relationship between Shrew-mole abundance and forest age. In a major survey of small mammals in the Greater Vancouver region watersheds in the southern ...
David W. Nagorsen, 1996

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHREW MOLE»

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The difference between a mole and shrew is in their SOX
The family of small insectivores, Talpidae, includes the moles, shrew moles, and aquatic desmans. New research published in BioMed Central's open access ... «Phys.Org, Aug 12»

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