cryptotis parva

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   small brown shrew of grassy regions of eastern United States

   Synonymsleast shrew

   Broadershrew

Questions about cryptotis parva

What does cryptotis parva mean?

cryptotis parva means "small brown shrew of grassy regions of eastern United States".

What is another word for cryptotis parva?

Close synonyms include least shrew. 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 cryptotis parva a common word?

cryptotis parva 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.