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- noun Plural form of
shrewmouse .
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Examples
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He was found stretched dead in the middle of the path, and the time, as any book that deals with shrewmice would tell you, was the autumn.
"Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Douglas English
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The shrewmice however and the hawks they carry away to the city of Buto, and the ibises to Hermopolis; the bears (which are not commonly seen) and the wolves, not much larger in size than foxes, they bury on the spot where they are found lying.
An Account of Egypt 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883
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Sometimes they met with some little shrewmice running on the snow.
In the Forest Or, pictures of life and scenery in the woods of Canada Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850
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It is pretty to see the footprints of these small shrewmice on the surface of the fresh fallen snow in the deep forest glades.
In the Forest Or, pictures of life and scenery in the woods of Canada Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850
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It is pretty to see the footprints of these small shrewmice, on the surface of the fresh fallen snow in the deep forest-glades.
Lady Mary and her Nurse Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850
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Sometimes they met with some little shrewmice, running on the snow.
Lady Mary and her Nurse Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850
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