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Shrew vs Dunnart - What's the difference?

shrew | dunnart |


As nouns the difference between shrew and dunnart

is that shrew is any of numerous small mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family soricidae while dunnart is any species of the genus sminthopsis of small carnivorous marsupials that resemble mice or shrews.

As a verb shrew

is (obsolete|transitive) to beshrew; to curse.

Marsupial vs Dunnart - What's the difference?

marsupial | dunnart |


As nouns the difference between marsupial and dunnart

is that marsupial is a mammal of which the female has a pouch in which it rears its young, which are born immature, through early infancy, such as the kangaroo or koala, or else pouchless members of the marsupialia like the shrew opposum while dunnart is any species of the genus sminthopsis of small carnivorous marsupials that resemble mice or shrews.

As an adjective marsupial

is of or pertaining to a marsupial.

Carnivorous vs Dunnart - What's the difference?

carnivorous | dunnart |


As an adjective carnivorous

is of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order carnivora.

As a noun dunnart is

any species of the genus sminthopsis of small carnivorous marsupials that resemble mice or shrews.

Sminthopsis vs Dunnart - What's the difference?

sminthopsis | dunnart |


As a proper noun sminthopsis

is .

As a noun dunnart is

any species of the genus sminthopsis of small carnivorous marsupials that resemble mice or shrews.