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elephant shrew

The correct spelling is elephant shrew.

How to pronounce elephant shrew

noun

Say it like: Ele-fan-t s-hre-w

The correct spelling is elephant shrew. 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.

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noun

  1. 1.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.

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