spissmus

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From spiss (pointy) +‎ mus (mouse).

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spissmus f (definite singular spissmusa, indefinite plural spissmus or spissmyser, definite plural spissmusene or spissmysene)

  1. a shrew, a small animal of the genus Soricidae
    • 1935, Eirik Vandvik, (translated from Herodotus) "Nildalen og folket der":
      Spissmyser og haukar fører dei avstad til byen Buto, ibisar til Hermes-byen.
      They take the shrews and hawks to the city of Buto, the ibises to Hermopolis.

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