Shrew (disambiguation)

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Shrew may refer to:

Animals

Shrew (family Soricidae)
Treeshrew (order Scandentia), native to Southeast Asia
Elephant shrew (family Macroscelididae), native to Africa
Otter shrew (subfamily Potamogalinae), native to Africa
West Indies shrew (genus Nesophontes), native to Caribbean islands (Extinct)

Literature

Shrew (archetype), a difficult woman
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, in which the word refers to a difficult woman.

Other uses

The Shrews, fictional characters in the animated series The Animals of Farthing Wood
Shrew, a name originally proposed for the British fighter airplane Supermarine Spitfire
The Killer Shrews, a 1959 science fiction film directed by Ray Kellogg and also featured on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

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