elephant shrew
Noun
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Noun
elephant shrew (plural elephant shrews)
- Any of several small, insectivorous long-nosed mammals, of the family Macroscelididae, native to Africa, thought to be more closely related elephants than to true shrews.
- jumping shrew
- sengi
- French: musaraigne à trompe
- German: Rüsselspringer
- Italian: toporagno elefante
- Portuguese: macroscelídeo
- Russian: слоновые землеройки
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