american water shrew

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   water shrew of North America

   SynonymsSorex palustris

   Broaderwater shrew

   Part ofSorex

Questions about american water shrew

What does american water shrew mean?

american water shrew means "water shrew of North America".

What is another word for american water shrew?

Close synonyms include Sorex palustris. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american water shrew a common word?

american water shrew is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.