least shrew

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   small brown shrew of grassy regions of eastern United States

   SynonymsCryptotis parva

   Broadershrew

Questions about least shrew

What does least shrew mean?

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

What is another word for least shrew?

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

least 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.