INSECTIVORES

Meaning of INSECTIVORES in English

( pl. )

of Insectivore

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

INSECTIVORES — (pl. ) of Insectivore
Английский словарь Webster
INSECTIVORES — pl of insectivore.
Webster English vocab
TREE SHREW — noun Date: 1893 any of a family (Tupaiidae of the order Scandentia) of small southeast Asian mammals that resemble squirrels, …
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TENREC — noun Etymology: French, from Malagasy tàndraka Date: circa 1785 any of numerous small often spiny mammalian insectivores (family Tenrecidae) chiefly …
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SHREW — I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e evil or scolding person, from Old English scrēawa ~ (animal) Date: before 12th century …
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MOLE — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English māl; akin to Old High German meil spot Date: 14th century a …
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HEDGEHOG — noun Date: 15th century 1. any of a subfamily (Erinaceinae) of Eurasian and African nocturnal insectivores that have both hair …
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INSECTIVORE — Any member of the mammalian order (Insectivora) that includes the hedgehogs , moles , and sometimes shrews (some of which …
Английский словарь Британика
HEDGEHOG — Any of 14 species of insectivores in the family Erinaceidae. They eat primarily insects and other arthropods but will also …
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BAT — I Any member of about 900 species (order Chiroptera) of the only Their wings are evolutionary modification of the forelimbs, …
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DISCOIDAL — I. də̇ˈskȯid ə l, ˈdiˌs- adjective Etymology: Late Latin discoides + English -al : of, like, or producing a disk …
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TUPAIIDAE — t(y)üˈpīəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Tupaia, type genus + -idae : a family of small arboreal …
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TILLODONTIA — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈdänch(ē)ə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek tillein to pluck, tear + New Latin -odontia : a …
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TENRECIDAE — tenˈresəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin Tenrec, type genus + -idae : a family of insectivores comprising the …
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TALPIDAE — ˈtalpəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Talpa, type genus + -idae : a family of insectivores (superfamily …
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SORICOIDEA — ˌsȯrəˈkȯidēə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Soric-, Sorex + -oidea : a superfamily of insectivores consisting of …
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SCAPANUS — ˈskapənəs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek skapaneus digger; akin to Greek skaptein to dig : a genus …
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SCALOPUS — ˈskaləpəs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek skalops mole, literally, digger — more at shelf : a genus …
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PTILOCERCUS — ˌtilōˈsərkəs, ˌtīl- noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from ptil- + Greek kerkos tail : a group of insectivores comprising …
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POTAMOGALE — ˌpäd.əˈmägəlē noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from potam- + Greek galē weasel — more at galea : a genus …
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PARASCALOPS — pəˈraskəˌläps noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from para- (I) + Greek skalops mole — more at half : a …
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ORYZORICTES — ōˌrīzəˈrik(ˌ)tēz noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from oryz- + Greek oryktēs digger, from orychein, oryssein to dig — more …
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MIXODECTES — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈdekˌtēz noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from mixo- + -dectes : a genus (the type of the family Mixodectidae) …
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MACROSCELIDIDAE — ˌmakrōsəˈlidəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Macroscelides, type genus (from macr- + scel- + Latin -ides, patronymic …
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LISSENCEPHALA — ˌli(ˌ)senˈsefələ, _sə̇n-, -_s ə n- noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from liss- + -encephala (from Greek enkephalos brain) …
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LIPOTYPHLA — ˌlīpəˈtiflə, li- noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from lip- + -typhla (from Greek typhlon cecum) — more at …
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INEDUCABILIA — (|)in, ən+ noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from in- (I) + Educabilia in former classifications : a superorder …
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HEMOCHORIAL — |hēmō, |hemō+ adjective Etymology: hem- + chorial of a placenta : having fetal epithelium bathed in maternal blood the lower …
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TENREC — also spelled Tanrec, any of the 23 varied species of mammals constituting the family Tenrecidae, order Insectivora. Except for the …
Britannica English vocabulary
INSECTIVORE — Forest elephant shrew (Petrodromus tetradactylus). any member of the mammalian order Insectivora, which includes the shrews, moles, hedgehogs, and several …
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INSECTIVORE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A great diversification of herbivorous and carnivorous forms developed from the insectivores. ▪ Again, the …
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