Insectivora
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Insectivora
1830–40; < New Latin, neuter plural of insectivorus insectivorous
Example Sentences
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Some examples are Insectivora, the insect eaters; Edentata, the toothless anteaters; Rodentia, the rodents; Cetacea, the aquatic mammals including whales; Carnivora, carnivorous mammals including dogs, cats, and bears; and Primates, which includes humans.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Bats are descended from an extinct species of Insectivora.
From Time Magazine Archive
You have learned about all the families in the order of Rodents," said she, "so now we will take up another and much smaller order called Insectivora.
From The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)
The Insectivora include several interesting examples of animals which are capable of a certain motion through the air.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
Insectivora, in-sek-tiv′or-a, n. an order of mammals, mostly terrestrial, nocturnal in habit, and small in size—shrews, moles, hedgehogs, &c.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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