oak apple

An oak-gall (q. v.). IMG:content-0175.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0176.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0177.png:[blocks in formation] Zool .: Sorex ciliatus (or remifer ), a name given by some naturalists to the Common Water Shrew, the difference of coloration depending on the season and on the age of the specimen.