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Insectivora   Listen
noun
Insectivora  n. pl.  (Zool.)
1.
An order of mammals which feed principally upon insects. Note: They are mostly of small size, and their molar teeth have sharp cusps. Most of the species burrow in the earth, and many of those of cold climates hibernate in winter. The order includes the moles, shrews, hedgehogs, tanrecs, and allied animals, also the colugo.
2.
A division of the Chiroptera, including the common or insect-eating bats.






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"Insectivora" Quotes from Famous Books



... (opossums, &c.) Marsupialia 52 Ruminantia (oxen, stag, &c.) Ruminantia 6th month, that of a ruminant; 53 Amphibia (seals) } 9 Tertiary 54 Digitigrada (dog, cat, &c.) Digitigrada / 7th month, that of a digitigrade animal; 55 Plantigrada (bear, &c.) Plantigrada / 56 Insectivora (shrew, &c.) Insectivora / 57 Cheiroptera (bats) Cheiroptera / 58 Quadrumana (apes) Quadrumana / 8th month, that of the quadrumana; 29 Bimana (man) Bimana 10 Superficial deposits 9th ...
— An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" • Anonymous



Words linked to "Insectivora" :   animal order, family Potamogalidae, Talpidae, family Tenrecidae, Lipotyphla, suborder Menotyphla, Eutheria, Potamogalidae, insectivore, family Soricidae, Menotyphla, Soricidae, subclass Eutheria, Chrysochloridae, family Chrysochloridae, order Insectivora, Erinaceidae, family Erinaceidae, family Talpidae



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