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Insectivora

noun

Shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs. Synonym: order Insectivora.

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"Insectivora" Quotes from Famous Books

... would become of our vegetation, of ourselves, should these insect destroyers disappear? Everywhere may be seen' (M. L. speaks, I presume, of five-and-twenty years ago: my experience would make me substitute for his words, 'Hardly anywhere can be seen') 'one of these insectivora in pursuit or seizure of its prey, either on the wing or on the trunks of trees, in the coverts of thickets or in the calices of flowers. Whenever called to witness one of those frequent migrations from one point to another, so often ...

— At Last • Charles Kingsley

... know what animal you are talking of," said Von Koren; "most likely one of the insectivora. Well, he got hold of the bird because it was incautious; he broke the nest of eggs because the bird was not skilful, had made the nest badly and did not know how to conceal it. The frog probably had some defect in its colouring or he would not have seen it, and so on. Your ...

— The Duel and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov

Words linked to "Insectivora" : family Soricidae, animal order, insectivore, family Potamogalidae, Lipotyphla, Chrysochloridae, Tenrecidae, Potamogalidae, suborder Lipotyphla, Eutheria, Talpidae, subclass Eutheria, Erinaceidae, family Erinaceidae, family Talpidae, family Chrysochloridae, family Tenrecidae, Soricidae, Menotyphla, suborder Menotyphla, order Insectivora