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vixens

noun

plural of vixen

as in shrews

a bad-tempered scolding woman why anyone puts up with that vixen's sharp tongue is beyond me

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Recent Examples of vixens Critics leapt at the chance to cast feminists as prudes and housewives as vixens. — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

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shrews

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These are important tools used for both feeding and building their dens and digging for other menu items such as mice, gophers, voles and shrews.

— Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
The tiny bodies of weasels, shrews and bats burn energy so fast that skipping even one meal can mean starvation.

— Leonie Baier, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026

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