shrewmouse

[ shroo-mous ]

noun

, plural shrew·mice.

1. a shrew.

shrewmouse

/ ˈʃruːˌmaʊs /

noun

1. another name for the shrew, esp the common shrew

Word History and Origins

Origin of shrewmouse¹

First recorded in 1565–75; shrew ² + mouse

Example Sentences

When young, Jeff would challenge himself to define a word, chasing it down through the dictionary: Fishwife to shrew to shrewmouse to insectivorous to vorous.

From Los Angeles Times

Among others was an extremely thin little shrewmouse, dainty and devilish, with steely eyes and thin pinched lips turning inward.

From Project Gutenberg

He was a water-shrewmouse, 3 and very much like the common shrewmouse that we often find lying dead in lanes and pathways.

From Project Gutenberg

I saw the sturdy Dudgeon’s mouth working like a bull-terrier’s over a shrewmouse.

From Project Gutenberg

The ichneumon and the shrewmouse were also held sacred, though not identified with a human god.

From Project Gutenberg