water shrew

See also: watershrew

English

Noun

water shrew (plural water shrews)

1. Any of several species of semiaquatic red-toothed shrews:
   1. of certain Asiatic water shrews in genus Chimarrogale
   2. of genus Nectogale (elegant water shrew)
   3. of genus Neomys of small insectivores in the Soricidae family
   4. of genus Sorex of North America

Derived terms

• American water shrew (Sorex palustris)
• Asiatic water shrews (Chimarrogale)
• black water shrew (Crossopus ciliatus
• Bornean water shrew (Chimarrogale phaeura
• Chinese water shrew (Chimarrogale styani
• elegant water shrew) (Nectogale elegans)
• Eurasian water shrew or European water shrew (Neomys fodiens)
• giant water shrew (Potamogale velox
• Glacier Bay water shrew (Sorex alaskanus)
• Mediterranean water shrew (Neomys anomalus)
• northern water shrew (Sorex palustris)
• Pacific water shrew (Sorex bendini)
• Transcaucasian water shrew (Neomys teres)

Translations

Eurasian water shrew

• Estonian: vesimutt
• Finnish: vesipäästäinen (fi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vannspissmus m or f

  Nynorsk: vassmus f, vass-spissmus f, vasspissmus f

• Romanian: chițcan-de-apă m
• Swedish: vattennäbbmus
• Welsh: llyg y dŵr m