Associations to the word «Insectivora»

Wiktionary

INSECTIVORA, proper noun. (obsolete) A former taxonomic order within superorder Laurasiatheria that grouped together the insectivores (hedgehogs, shrews, moles, solenodons etc.)

Dictionary definition

INSECTIVORA, noun. Shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs.

Wise words

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Aldous Huxley