TREE SHREW

Meaning of TREE SHREW in English

any of several insectivorous, arboreal mammals of the family Tupaiidae, of southern Asia and adjacent islands, resembling a squirrel and having a long snout.

[ 1890-95 ]

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TREE SHREW — noun Date: 1893 any of a family (Tupaiidae of the order Scandentia) of small southeast Asian mammals that resemble squirrels, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TREE SHREW — noun : any of various small arboreal mammals (family Tupaiidae) of southeastern Asia that in appearance greatly resemble squirrels but …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TREE SHREW — Date: 1893 : any of a family (Tupaiidae of the order Scandentia) of small southeast Asian mammals that resemble squirrels, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TREE SHREW — Function: noun Date: 1893 : any of a family (Tupaiidae of the order Scandentia) of small southeast Asian mammals that …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TREE SHREW — ■ noun a small squirrel-like insectivorous mammal with a pointed snout, native to SE Asia. [ Tupaia and other genera.]
Concise Oxford English vocab
TREE SHREW — [tree shrew] n (ca. 1893): any of an order (Scandentia) of arboreal insectivorous mammals of southeastern Asia often classified as …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TREE SHREW — any of the small, squirrellike mammals constituting the family Tupaiidae, found in forests of Southeast Asia. Tree shrews show resemblances …
Britannica English vocabulary
TREE SHREW — Тупайеобразные
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TREE-SHREW — мам. тупайя (Tupaia); pl тупайи (Tupaiidae) - Indian tree-shrew - pen-tailed tree-shrew - small tree-shrew - smooth-tailed tree-shrew
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
TREE SHREW — обыкновенная тупайя (Tupaia); pl тупайии (Tupaiidae)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
TREE-SHREW — мам. тупайя ( Tupaia ) ; pl тупайи ( Tupaiidae ) - Indian tree-shrew - pen-tailed tree-shrew - small tree-shrew …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
TREE SHREW — обыкновенная тупайя ( Tupaia ) ; pl тупайии ( Tupaiidae )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SHREW — megera. SHREWMOUSE: musaren
English interlingue dictionary
SHREW — babaon;babaye'ng palaaway
English-Visayan vocabulary
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
TREE — I Woody perennial plant. Most trees have a single self-supporting trunk containing woody tissues, and in most species the trunk …
Английский словарь Британика
SHREW — Any of more than 300 species of small insectivore s constituting the family Soricidae. About 40% of these species live …
Английский словарь Британика
TREE — I. ˈtrē noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English tre, tree, from Old English trēow; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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
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
TREE — — treelike , adj. /tree/ , n. , v. , treed, treeing . n. 1. a plant having a permanently …
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
TREE — I. ˈtrē noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English trēow; akin to Old Norse trē tree, Greek drys, Sanskrit dāru …
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
TREE — noun wood; timber. 2. tree ·noun a cross or gallows; as tyburn tree. 3. tree ·vt to drive to a …
Webster English vocab
SHREW
Webster English vocab
TREE — [tree] n [ME, fr. OE treow; akin to ON tre tree, Gk drys, Skt daru wood] (bef. 12c) 1 a: …
Merriam-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
TREE — woody plant that renews its growth every year (called a perennial). Most plants classified as trees have a single self-supporting …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHREW — any of the 290 species of mammals of the family Soricidae, order Insectivora. For ordinal relatives with this name, see …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHREW — shrew BrE AmE ʃruː ▷ shrews ʃruːz ▶ ˈ shrew mole BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TREE — / triː; NAmE / noun a tall plant that can live a long time. Trees have a thick central wooden …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TREE — tree S1 W1 /triː/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: treow ] 1 . a very …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHREW — shrew /ʃruː/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: screawa ] 1 . a very small animal …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TREE — n. & v. 1 a a perennial plant with a woody self-supporting main stem or trunk when mature and usu. …
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 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TREE — n. & v. 1 a a perennial plant with a woody self-supporting main stem or trunk when mature and usu. …
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 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TREE — n. & v. 1. a a perennial plant with a woody self-supporting main stem or trunk when mature and usu. …
Oxford English vocab
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
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
TREE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a Christmas tree (= a decorated tree that people have in their homes at Christmas …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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
SHREW — (WOMAN) [noun] [C] [disapproving] - a woman who is bad-tempered or unwilling to share her possessionsHer former husband describes her …
Cambridge English vocab
TREE — n. big tree bodhi tree bo tree Christmas tree deciduous tree Joshua Tree National Park monkey puzzle tree phylogenetic tree …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TREE — Synonyms and related words : Stammbaum, acacia, ailanthus, alder, alligator pear, allspice, almond, apple, apricot, ash, aspen, avocado, ax, balsa, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHREW — n. 1. Brawler, scold, termagant, vixen, virago, fury, turbulent woman. 2. Shrew-mouse.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
TREE
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHREW
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TREE — 1. сущ. 1) а) дерево, древо in a tree ≈ на дереве (о среде обитания) on a tree ≈ на …
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
TREE — tree.ogg 1. tri: n 1. 1> дерево hollow tree - дуплистое дерево fruit tree - фруктовое дерево to climb a …
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
TREE — 1) дерево 2) бревно 3) стойка, подпорка 4) дерево (в теории графов) 5) древовидная структура; древовидная схема 6) древовидный дешифратор …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
TREE — 1) дерево 2) бревно 3) стойка, подпорка 4) дерево (в теории графов) 5) древовидная структура; древовидная схема 6) древовидный дешифратор 7) мн. ч. дендритные образования (напр. …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
TREE — 1) дерево 2) древо 3) древовидный 4) лесовалочный • absolute of rooted tree — т. граф. абсолют корневого дерева binary search tree — дерево двоичного поиска completely …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TREE
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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
TREE — 1. tri: n 1. 1> дерево hollow tree - дуплистое дерево fruit tree - фруктовое дерево to climb a tree …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SHREW — _I ʃru: n сварливая женщина, мегера «The Taming of the Shrew»( Shakespeare ) - «Укрощение строптивой» _II ʃru: n зоол. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TREE
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SHREW — I ʃru: сущ. ; зоол. землеройка ( насекомоядное млекопитающее, похожее на мышь ) Syn: shrew-mouse II ʃru: сущ. сварливая женщина, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TREE
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

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