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单词 pygmy shrew
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pygmy shrew
pygmy shrew n. any of several minute shrews, esp. Sorex minutus of Eurasia and Microsorex (or Sorex) hoyi of northern North America, which are among the smallest known mammals.
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1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds II. 481 Pygmy Shrew.
1898 Daily News 16 Aug. 6/2 The pigmy shrew..which really is the smallest mammal we have, and the least but one in all Europe.
1952 L. H. Matthews Brit. Mammals iii. 46 The pygmy shrew.., S. minutus, the only member of the family found in Ireland, is distributed throughout Great Britain.
1995 Leisureways June 27/1 Elk Island is home to not only North America's largest mammal, the wood bison, but also the smallest, the pygmy shrew.
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