MACROSCELIDIDAE

Meaning of MACROSCELIDIDAE in English

n. small insect-eating mammals native to Africa and known as elephant shrews

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MACROSCELIDIDAE — ˌmakrōsəˈlidəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Macroscelides, type genus (from macr- + scel- + Latin -ides, patronymic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MACROSCELIDIDAE — elephant shrews
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
ELEPHANT SHREW — noun : any of several leaping African shrews comprising a family (Macroscelididae) remotely related to both the true shrews and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ELEPHANT SHREW — any of several African insectivores of the family Macroscelididae, having long hind legs and a long, sensitive snout. [ 1865-70 …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ELEPHANT SHREW — ■ noun a small insectivorous African mammal with a long mobile snout, long hindlimbs, and a rat-like tail. [Family Macroscelididae: …
Concise Oxford English vocab
INSECTIVORE — Forest elephant shrew (Petrodromus tetradactylus). any member of the mammalian order Insectivora, which includes the shrews, moles, hedgehogs, and several …
Britannica English vocabulary
ELEPHANT SHREW — Kangaroo rat (Dipodomys). also called Jumping Shrew, any of the 28 species of African mammals composing the family Macroscelididae of …
Britannica English vocabulary
ELEPHANT — n. (pl. same or elephants) 1 the largest living land animal, of which two species survive, the larger African (Loxodonta …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ELEPHANT — n. (pl. same or elephants) 1 the largest living land animal, of which two species survive, the larger African (Loxodonta …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ELEPHANT — n. (pl. same or elephants) 1. the largest living land animal, of which two species survive, the larger African (Loxodonta …
Oxford English vocab

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