SHORT-TAILED SHREW

Meaning of SHORT-TAILED SHREW in English

a grayish-black shrew, Blarina brevicauda, common in eastern North America, that has a tail less than half the length of the body. See illus. under shrew .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

SHORT-TAILED SHREW — noun : any of several No. American shrews of Blarina or a related genus with dense usually gray or dark …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHORT-TAILED SHREW — also called American Mole Shrew (Blarina brevicauda), medium-sized North American shrew, belonging to the shrew family, Soricidae (order Insectivora). Its …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHORT-TAILED SHREW — см. American short-tailed shrew
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SHORT-TAILED SHREW — см. American short-tailed shrew
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SHREW — megera. SHREWMOUSE: musaren
English interlingue dictionary
SHREW — babaon;babaye'ng palaaway
English-Visayan vocabulary
TAILED — adjective see: tail
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHREW — I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e evil or scolding person, from Old English scrēawa ~ (animal) Date: before 12th century …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHREW — Any of more than 300 species of small insectivore s constituting the family Soricidae. About 40% of these species live …
Английский словарь Британика
SHREW — I. ˈshrü, esp South ˈsrü, dial ˈswü noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English shrewe evil person, scolding person, scolding …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHORT — I. ˈshȯ(ə)r]t, -ȯ(ə)], usu ]d.+V\ adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English short, shert, from Old English scort, sceort; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAILED — ˈtā(ə)ld adjective Etymology: Middle English, from tail + -ed 1. : having a tail 2. [from past participle of tail …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAILED — (a.) Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, …
Английский словарь Webster
SHREW — (a.) To beshrew; to curse.
Английский словарь Webster
SHREW — (a.) Any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family Sorecidae. In form and color …
Английский словарь Webster
TAILED — ( a. ) Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAILED — /tayld/ , adj. 1. having a tail. 2. having a tail of a specified kind (usually used in combination): a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHREW — shrew 1 — shrewlike , adj. /shrooh/ , n. a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant. [ 1200-50; ME; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHORT — — shortness , n. /shawrt/ , adj., shorter, shortest , adv., n., v. adj. 1. having little length; not long. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAILED — adj. having a tail
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TAILED — see tail I
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHREW — I. ˈshrü, especially Southern ˈsrü noun Etymology: Middle English shrewe evil or scolding person, from Old English scrēawa shrew (animal) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHORT — I. ˈshȯrt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceort; akin to Old High German scurz short, Old Norse skortr …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAILED — adj having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, …
Webster English vocab
SHREW
Webster English vocab
SHORT — noun a summary account. 2. short ·noun short, inferior hemp. 3. short ·noun breeches; shortclothes. 4. short ·noun a short …
Webster English vocab
SHREW — [shrew] n [ME shrewe evil or scolding person, fr. OE screawa shrew (animal)] (bef. 12c) 1: any of a family …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHORT — [short] adj [ME, fr. OE sceort; akin to OHG scurz short, ON skortr lack] (bef. 12c) 1 a: having little …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHREW — any of the 290 species of mammals of the family Soricidae, order Insectivora. For ordinal relatives with this name, see …
Britannica English vocabulary
-TAILED — -tailed BrE AmE ˈteɪ ə ld ▷ — long-tailed ˌlɒŋ ˈteɪ ə ld ◂ AmE \ ˌlɔːŋ- ˌlɑːŋ-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SHREW — shrew BrE AmE ʃruː ▷ shrews ʃruːz ▶ ˈ shrew mole BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SHORT — / ʃɔːt; NAmE ʃɔːrt/ adjective , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective ( short·er , short·est ) LENGTH / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHREW — shrew /ʃruː/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: screawa ] 1 . a very small animal …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHORT — I. short 1 S1 W1 /ʃɔːt $ ʃɔːrt/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative shorter , superlative shortest ) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHREW — n. 1 any small usu. insect-eating mouselike mammal of the family Soricidae, with a long pointed snout. 2 a bad-tempered …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHORT — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1 a measuring little; not long from end to end (a short distance). b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHREW — n. 1 any small usu. insect-eating mouselike mammal of the family Soricidae, with a long pointed snout. 2 a bad-tempered …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHORT — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 a measuring little; not long from end to end (a short distance). b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHREW — n.1 any small usu. insect-eating mouselike mammal of the family Soricidae, with a long pointed snout. 2 a bad-tempered or …
Oxford English vocab
SHORT — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1. a measuring little; not long from end to end (a short distance). b …
Oxford English vocab
SHORT — I. ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB USES /ʃɔ:(r)t/ ( shorter, shortest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
-TAILED — see tail
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHREW — ( shrews) A shrew is a small brown animal like a mouse with a long pointed nose. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
-TAILED — see tail
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SHREW — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Her hat was an aggressively red felt and she peered out from under its big …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHORT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHREW — (WOMAN) [noun] [C] [disapproving] - a woman who is bad-tempered or unwilling to share her possessionsHer former husband describes her …
Cambridge English vocab
SHORT
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHREW — n. 1. Brawler, scold, termagant, vixen, virago, fury, turbulent woman. 2. Shrew-mouse.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
SHORT — INDEX: short/not long 1. short in length or distance 2. when something you say or write is short 3. to …
Longman Activator English vocab
SHORT — n. 25B6; adjective a short piece of string : SMALL, little, tiny; informal teeny. short people : SMALL, little, petite, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHREW
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SHORT — adj. 1 small, little, slight, petite, diminutive, wee, tiny, elfin, minuscule; midget, dwarfish, squat, dumpy, runty, stubby, stunted, Colloq pint-sized, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TAILED — dilate detail
Anagrams English vocabulary
TAILED — хвостатый - tailed curve хвостатый бесхвостый; с отрубленным хвостом > * rhyme стих с нерифмованной заключительной строкой
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHREW — сущ. 1) зоол. землеройка 2) сварливая женщина Syn : harridan, termagant, virago, vixen сварливая женщина, мегера - "The Taming of …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHORT — 1. прил. 1) а) короткий, недлинный short legs ≈ короткие ноги a short road ≈ недлинный путь short way off …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAILED — Хвостатый
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TAILED — tailed.ogg teıld a 1. хвостатый 2. бесхвостый; с отрубленным хвостом tailed rhyme - стих с нерифмованной заключительной строкой
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SHREW — shrew.ogg _I ʃru: n сварливая женщина, мегера «The Taming of the Shrew»( Shakespeare ) - «Укрощение строптивой» _II ʃru: n …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SHORT — 1. ʃɔ:t n 1. краткое содержание; суть in short - вкратце, короче говоря, одним словом for short - для краткости, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TAILED — хвостатый - tailed curve
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SHREW — I shrew сущ.; зоол.землеройка (насекомоядное млекопитающее, похожее на мышь) Syn:shrew-mouse II shrew сущ.сварливая женщина, змея, мегера, ведьма Syn:scold 2.
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SHORT — short прил.1) а) короткий, недлинный short legs — короткие ноги a short road — недлинный путь short way off — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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