■ noun
1》 a small mouse-like insectivorous mammal with a long pointed snout and tiny eyes. [Family Soricidae: many species.]
2》 a bad-tempered or aggressively assertive woman.
Derivatives
~ish adjective
~ishly adverb
~ishness noun
Origin
OE scrēawa , scrwa , of Gmc origin; cf. ~d .