short-tailed shrew

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Any of various shrews of the genera Blarina, of North America, and Blarinella, of eastern Asia, having a short tail and stout body.

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• noun North American shrew with tail less than half its body length