as in harridan
a bad-tempered scolding woman
Rip Van Winkle went off into the mountains to escape his wife, a shrew who made his life miserable
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By selecting mammals as their theme, the filmmakers of the BBC’s Natural History Unit (NHU) have rich pickings, from the largest animal on Earth, the blue whale, to the tiny Etruscan shrew.
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Graeme Green, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
The shrews must consume a hefty meal every few hours, lest the animals starve.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
These carnivorous marsupials, which resemble a mousy shrew, have just three weeks to mate with as many females as possible.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2024
Far larger than shrews, human children, and especially babies, need extra bundling for this very same reason.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
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Graeme Green, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
The shrews must consume a hefty meal every few hours, lest the animals starve.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
These carnivorous marsupials, which resemble a mousy shrew, have just three weeks to mate with as many females as possible.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2024
Far larger than shrews, human children, and especially babies, need extra bundling for this very same reason.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
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“Shrew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrew. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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