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shrew

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NOUN:

Any of various small, chiefly insectivorous mammals of the family Soricidae, resembling a mouse but having a long pointed snout and small eyes and ears. Also called shrewmouse .
A woman with a violent, scolding, or nagging temperament; a scold.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English shrewe, villian, from Old English scrawa, shrewmouse

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