shrew mole

noun

1. a grayish-black mole, Neurotrichus gibbsii, of the western coast of the United States and Canada, that grows to a length of about 3 inches (7.6 centimeters).
2. any of several Asiatic moles of the genus Uropsilus.

shrew mole

noun

1. any of several moles, such as Uropsilus soricipes of E Asia or Neurotrichus gibbsi of E North America, having a long snout and long tail

Word History and Origins

Origin of shrew mole¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

He has been heard to say that, in investigating the habits of the shrew mole, he walked many hundred miles.

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A shrew-mole lived for many weeks in my study, and made use of a gun-case, into which he squeezed himself, as a burrow.

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The little shrew mole, which I know is active at night, I have never seen but once.

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Why destroy the shrew mole, which lives on earthworms, as the mouse does on wheat?

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The shrew mole of North America is a ground-digger of great ingenuity.

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