musaraigne
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mūsarāneus, from mūs (“mouse”) + arāneus (“of a spider”) (because the bite of many shrews, e.g. Neomys fodiens, is venomous).
Pronunciation
Noun
musaraigne f (plural musaraignes)
Further reading
- “musaraigne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.