Any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied
genera of the family Sorecidæ. In form and color they resemble
mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them
are the smallest of all mammals. small mouselike mammal with a
long snout; related to moles an insectivore that eats insects
that ate plants a small animal that looks like a sharp-nosed
mouse a small but aggressive mammal that ferociously attacks and
kills much larger animals with a venomous bite a tiny rat-like
creature with a long protruding nose just like an elephant's
trunk Any of several species of small, insectivorous mammals of
the family Soricidæ. Represented in the North Country by five
species, Short Tail Shrew ( Blarina brevicauda), Pygmy Shrew (
Microsorex hoyi), Arctic Shrew ( Sorex arcticus), Masked Shrew (
Sorex cinereus), and Water Shrew ( Sorex palustris). Not
remotely mouselike in anything save appearance, shrews are high-
strung bundles of energy that must consume several times their
weight in food each day