common shrew

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   common American shrew

   SynonymsSorex araneus

   Broadershrew

   Part ofSorex

Questions about common shrew

What does common shrew mean?

common shrew means "common American shrew".

What is another word for common shrew?

Close synonyms include Sorex araneus. 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 common shrew a common word?

common 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.