INSECTIVORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Insectivora mean? 

• INSECTIVORA (noun)
  The noun INSECTIVORA has 1 sense:

1. shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs

  Familiarity information: INSECTIVORA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSECTIVORA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Insectivora; order Insectivora

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)