eulipotyphlan

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noun

An insectivorous mammal of the order Eulipotyphla.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

nouneulipotyphlan (plural eulipotyphlans)

plural eulipotyphlans

  1. An insectivorous mammal of the order Eulipotyphla.

    Multiple studies of solenodon genes in the last 15 years have helped figure things out: solenodons are the sister group of all of the other eulipotyphlans.

    2018 April 11, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian
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    In conclusion, Barbatodon transylvanicus was an insular primitive multituberculate with a very hard diet and red iron pigmented teeth showing a pattern distribution similar to eulipotyphlan insectivores and grasping incisors that were not ever-growing.

    2015 July 16, “Red Iron-Pigmented Tooth Enamel in a Multituberculate Mammal from the Late Cretaceous Transylvanian “Haţeg Island””, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

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