scorpion vs shrew

scorpion

noun
  • A very spiteful or vindictive person. 

  • An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles. 

  • Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end. 

  • A cheerleading move in which one foot is pulled back and held up with both hands while the performer stands on the other foot. 

shrew

noun
  • An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold. 

  • Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae (order Soricomorpha). 

  • Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews (order Soricomorpha). 

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