Once the marriage contract is signed, the sweet little bride turns into an extravagant shrew (Time).
SYNONYM(S): vixen, termagant.Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Shrew mole — Shrew moles (or shrew moles) and mole shrews (or mole shrews) are two distinct groups of animals. Shrew moles Any of seven species of mole in the family Talpidae that resemble shrews: Four species in the subfamily Uropsilinae, or shrew like moles … Wikipedia
Shrew opossum — Taxobox name = Shrew opossums image width = 240px fossil range = Late Oligocene Recent (for its Order) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia infraclassis = Marsupialia ordo = Paucituberculata ordo authority = Ameghino, 1894… … Wikipedia
Shrew-toothed Shrew Tenrec — Shrew toothed Shrew Tenrec[1] Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[ … Wikipedia
shrew — [ʃru:] n [: Old English; Origin: screawa] 1.) a very small animal like a mouse with a long pointed nose 2.) old fashioned an unpleasant woman who always argues and disagrees with people … Dictionary of contemporary English
shrew — [ ʃru ] noun count 1. ) a small animal that looks like a mouse with a pointed nose 2. ) OLD FASHIONED an insulting word for a woman who always complains, argues, or NAGS … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Shrew — Taxobox name = ShrewsMSW3 Hutterer | pages = 223 300] fossil range = Middle Eocene to Recent image width = 250px image caption = Southern Short tailed Shrew regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Soricomorpha familia =… … Wikipedia
shrew — shrew1 shrewlike, adj. /shrooh/, n. a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant. [1200 50; ME; special use of SHREW2] Syn. virago, nag, scold. shrew2 /shrooh/, n. any of several small, mouselike insectivores of the genus Sorex and related… … Universalium
Shrew (comics) — Superherobox| caption = comic color = background:#ff8080 character name = Shrew publisher = Marvel Comics debut = X Factor vol. 1 #79 creators = alliance color = background:#cccccc alter ego = Marilyn Maycroft species= Human Mutant alliances… … Wikipedia
shrew — UK [ʃruː] / US [ʃru] noun [countable] Word forms shrew : singular shrew plural shrews 1) a small animal that looks like a mouse with a pointed nose 2) old fashioned an insulting word for a woman who always complains, argues, or nags … English dictionary
shrew — [[t]ʃru͟ː[/t]] shrews N COUNT A shrew is a small brown animal like a mouse with a long pointed nose … English dictionary
