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Insectivora

[ in-sek-tiv-er-uh ]

noun

  1. the order comprising the insectivores.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Insectivora1

1830–40; < New Latin, neuter plural of insectivorus insectivorous
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Example Sentences

HEDGEHOG, or Urchin, a member of the mammalian order Insectivora, remarkable for its dentition, its armature of spines and its short tail.

Lemur, lē′mur, n. a genus of mammals appearing to stand between the Insectivora and the monkeys, forest dwellers, mainly nocturnal in habits, common in Madagascar.

They may differ from Pterodactyles as widely as the Insectivora among Mammals differ from Bats, but not in a more marked way.

Of the Insectivora, numerous forms of moles, shrews and hedgehogs prevail.

Sometimes, especially among the Ungulata, all the branches may rise from one common trunk; at other times two innominate arteries may be present; this is commonest in the Cheiroptera, Insectivora and Cetacea.

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