what is a shrew?
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SHREWS Additional Information on Shrews. The shrew is a small, mouse-sized mammal with an elongated snout, a dense fur of uniform color, small eyes, and five clawed toes on each foot (Fig. 1). Its skull, compared to that of rodents, is long, narrow, and lacks the zygomatic arch on the lateral side characteristic of rodents.
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- rodents from latin rodere to gnaw are mammals of the order rodentia which are characterized by a single pair of unremittingly growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws about forty percent of all mammal species are rodents they are found in vast numbers on all continents except antarcticaell known rodents include mice rats squirrels prairie dogs porcupines beavers guinea pigs hamsters and capybaras other animals such as rabbits hares and pikas were once included with them but are now considered to be in a separate order lagomorpha
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Corkscrew In its traditional form, a corkscrew is simply a steel screw attached to a perpendicular handle, made of wood or some other material. The user grips the handle and screws the metal point into the cork, until the helix is firmly embedded, then a vertical pull on the corkscrew extracts the cork from the bottle. The handle of the corkscrew allows for a commanding grip to ease removal of the cork. winged corkscrew
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Denial-of-service attack The shrew attack is a denial-of-service attack on the Transmission Control Protocol. It uses short synchronized bursts of traffic to disrupt TCP connections on the same link, by exploiting a weakness in TCP's retransmission timeout mechanism. Slow Read attack
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What is Spirillum? Adorable animal families that will make you aww. Spirillum is a type of bacterium that moves in a characteristic spiral, or corkscrew-like, fashion. It typically lives as individual cells, instead of being associated in clusters or chains.
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Hemlock woolly adelgid Hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae), or HWA, is member of the Sternorrhyncha suborder of the Order Hemiptera and native to East Asia. It feeds by sucking sap from hemlock and spruce trees (Tsuga spp.; Picea spp.).
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Shrek Shrek, animated cartoon character, a towering, green ogre whose fearsome appearance belies a kind heart. Shrek is the star of a highly successful series of animated films. At the beginning of the 2001 film Shrek, the title character lives as a recluse in a remote swamp in the fairy-tale land of Duloc.
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- shrewish. English Collins Dictionary-English Definition & Thesaurus &nbsp. shrewish bad-tempered, cantankerous, complaining, discontented, fault-finding, ill-humoured, ill-natured, ill-tempered, litigious, nagging, peevish, petulant, quarrelsome, scolding, sharp-tongued, vixenish.
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- A cockatrice is a serpent, often identified with the basilisk; it is said to be able to kill by its glance alone and to be hatched from a cock's egg. A cockatrice is a Dragon with a Crown on his head, and hatched by a Viper on a Cock's Egg. The Viper was the Symbol of. Annotations. Also known as a cockatrice, the basilisk is generally a variety of cock with a serpent’s tail and eight legs, and sometimes bearing scales instead of feathers.
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- 1. : one that operates: as a: one that operates a machine or device b: one that operates a business c: one that performs surgical operations d: one that deals in stocks or commodities. 2. a: mountebank, fraud b: a shrewd and skillful person who knows how to circumvent restrictions or difficulties.
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How to Identify Shrews, Moles & Voles Familiarize yourself with typical sizes. Moles are the largest of the bunch, averaging 7 inches from tip to the end of a 1-inch hairless tail. Shrews are some of the smallest mammals in the world: mouse-sized and averaging just under 4 inches, excluding a 1-inch tail. Voles are usually more than 4 inches long, with longer 1 1/2-inch, furry tails.
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Generalized Arthritis and RA Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a form of arthritis that causes pain, swelling, stiffness and loss of function in your joints. It can affect any joint but is common in the wrist and fingers.
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- tusk 1. (tŭsk) n. 1. An elongated pointed tooth, usually one of a pair, extending outside of the mouth in certain animals such as the walrus, elephant, or wild boar. 2. A long projecting tooth or toothlike part. tr. & intr.v. tusked, tusk·ing, tusks. To gore or dig with the tusks or a tusk.
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What is a shrew? The pygmy shrew is the smallest mammal in North America, averaging only 2 cm. in length, about the width of a quarter. Due to the extreme amount of energy shrew’s use up by their constant activity, they will starve to death if they do not eat every three hours.
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- Sherwood is a brash, chippy wisecracker, with a well-polished ego and a touch of the old-school little Englander about him. Hughes has earned a reputation as a wisecracker throughout his career and couldn't resist a funny in his acceptance speech.
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Comparison of a Shrew & a Mouse Although different, mice and shrews sometimes share similar behaviors. For example, many shrews are nocturnal and so are many wild mice; some species of each, however, are diurnal. Mice tend to be social creatures, although not every species is. The house mouse (Mus musculus), the species most domestic mice belong to, is quite social.
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Shredder First Appearance. Rise Of The Turtles. Shredder is a master of Ninjutsu who is an arch-enemy to Splinter and the turtles, the former 'adopted father' of Karai, the fearless leader of The Foot Clan, and one of the two main antagonists of the series, the other one being Kraang Prime.Deadly Steel Devil of the Evil Foot Clan.escription. Shredder is the leader of the Foot Clan and is a master in Ninjitsu. He wishes to destroy Splinter and the Turtles along with his mutant henchman. He's cruel, heartless, and doesn't care about anyone but himself. He is covered in razor blades making him seem scary to attack.
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Taming of the Shrew, The The Taming of the Shrew definition. A comedy by William Shakespeare. The “shrew” is Katherina, or Kate, a wildly moody woman. She meets her match in the spirited Petruchio, who marries her and behaves even more wildly than she, meanwhile treating her as if she were a kind and gentle lady.
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- I know a flock of crows is a murder and a group of whales a pod. What do you call a whole whack of hamsters?
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- Not including lawyers and politicians, the mammal with the smallest heart in the world is the Etruscan Pygmy Shrew, with the bumblebee bat of Thailand coming in a close second. The Etruscan Pygmy Shrew is also known as Savi’s pygmy shrew and White-toothed Pygmy Shrew. Both are about the size of a bumblebee or an adult thumbnail, and weigh up to 3 grams. The shrew is usually a little smaller than the bat, which appears much larger than it is when it spreads its wings. Although they have tiny bodies and body parts, these mammals have a much larger heart relative to their body size than any other mammal. Even with larger hearts they have really high heart rates to help pump blood around their bodies.
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Identifying Nuisance Burrowing Wildlife Shrews are smaller than moles, about the size of a small mouse, and their feet are not quite as large as a mole's either. Like a mole, the shrew's feet tend to be a bit paddle like in shape but compared to their body size, are closer in proportion to that of a mouse. Like the vole, shrews will utilize tunnels created by other wildlife such as moles or voles. Shrew's will venture above ground for food on occasion, whereas moles seldom do.
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Shrew vs Vole - What's the difference? As a noun shrew is any of numerous small mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family soricidae. As verbs the difference between shrew and vole is that shrew is (obsolete|transitive) to beshrew; to curse while vole is to want. As a noun shrew is any of numerous small mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family soricidae.
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Critter Catalog Northern short-tailed shrews are 75 to 105 mm long from their head to the base of their tail. The tail length ranges from 17 to 30 mm. Males are slightly larger than females, especially in the skulls. The fur is velvety and soft, and the color almost uniformly slate gray, with the underparts being only slightly paler.
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Shrew Shrews are unusual among mammals in a number of respects. Unlike most mammals, some species of shrews are venomous. Shrew venom is not conducted into the wound by fangs, but by grooves in the teeth.
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shrewd Definition of shrewd for English Language Learners : having or showing an ability to understand things and to make good judgments : mentally sharp or clever SHREWD Defined for Kids
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- The corkscrew willow tree is a tree usually admired during the winter when its crooked and twisting branches can be see without the leaves hiding them.