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Definition of "shrew-sized" [shrew-sized]

  • Having the approximate size of a shrew (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "shrew-sized" in a sentence
  • "With a lower jaw that (when complete) would have been less than 30 mm long, and with tooth crowns about 2 mm tall, Chronoperates would have been shrew-sized."
  • "Two types of mammal burrow were discovered, the larger occupied by rabbit-sized mammals and the smaller by shrew-sized ones."
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