shrewmouse(n = noun.animal) shrew - small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles;
is a kind of insectivore
is a member of family soricidae, soricidae
has particulars: common shrew, sorex araneus, masked shrew, sorex cinereus, blarina brevicauda, short-tailed shrew, water shrew, cryptotis parva, least shrew

   A shrew; especially, the erd shrew. [1913 Webster]