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MENOTYPHLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Menotyphla mean?
• MENOTYPHLA (noun)
The noun MENOTYPHLA has 1 sense:
1. elephant shrews; tree shrews
Familiarity information: MENOTYPHLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Elephant shrews; tree shrews
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Menotyphla; suborder Menotyphla
Hypernyms ("Menotyphla" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Holonyms ("Menotyphla" is a member of...):
Insectivora; order Insectivora (shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs)
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