masked shrew

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   commonest shrew of moist habitats in North America

   SynonymsSorex cinereus

   Broadershrew

Questions about masked shrew

What does masked shrew mean?

masked shrew means "commonest shrew of moist habitats in North America".

What is another word for masked shrew?

Close synonyms include Sorex cinereus. 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 masked shrew a common word?

masked 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.