ORDER INSECTIVORA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Insectivora mean? 

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

1. shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORDER INSECTIVORA (noun)

Meaning:

Shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Insectivora; order Insectivora

Hypernyms ("order Insectivora" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Insectivora"):

family Tenrecidae; Tenrecidae (tenrecs and extinct related forms)

Erinaceidae; family Erinaceidae (true hedgehogs)

family Soricidae; Soricidae (shrews)

Chrysochloridae; family Chrysochloridae (golden moles)

family Talpidae; Talpidae (moles)

insectivore (small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals)

Menotyphla; suborder Menotyphla (elephant shrews; tree shrews)

Lipotyphla; suborder Lipotyphla (moles; hedgehogs; true shrews)

family Potamogalidae; Potamogalidae (otter shrews)

Holonyms ("order Insectivora" is a member of...):

Eutheria; subclass Eutheria (all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)