shrew vs short-tailed shrew

shrew and short-tailed shrew both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shrew	Yes	No	No	No
short-tailed shrew	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, short-tailed shrew is a hyponym of shrew; that is, short-tailed shrew is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than shrew:

shrew: small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
short-tailed shrew: North American shrew with tail less than half its body length

Other hyponyms of shrew include common shrew, Sorex araneus, masked shrew, Sorex cinereus, Blarina brevicauda, water shrew, Cryptotis parva, least shrew.

shrew (noun)	short-tailed shrew (noun)
small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles	North American shrew with tail less than half its body length
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shrew vs short-tailed shrew

shrew and short-tailed shrew both are nouns.

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