musaraigne

Etymology
From (16th c.),  (15th c.), from, from 🇰🇲. So called because the bite of many shrews (e.g. ) is venomous. According to the Trésor informatisé, the word is a borrowing from Latin, but the Middle French forms look by no means learned and could well be inherited. The modern may be a Latinate alteration, however.

Noun

 * 1) shrew

Related terms

 * ara(i)gne,