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INSECTIVORA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs
Synonyms:
Insectivora; order Insectivora
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Insectivora" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Insectivora"):
Lipotyphla; suborder Lipotyphla (moles; hedgehogs; true shrews)
Menotyphla; suborder Menotyphla (elephant shrews; tree shrews)
insectivore (small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals)
family Talpidae; Talpidae (moles)
Chrysochloridae; family Chrysochloridae (golden moles)
family Soricidae; Soricidae (shrews)
Erinaceidae; family Erinaceidae (true hedgehogs)
family Tenrecidae; Tenrecidae (tenrecs and extinct related forms)
family Potamogalidae; Potamogalidae (otter shrews)
Holonyms ("Insectivora" is a member of...):
Eutheria; subclass Eutheria (all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)