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ORDER SCANDENTIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does order Scandentia mean?
• ORDER SCANDENTIA (noun)
The noun ORDER SCANDENTIA has 1 sense:
1. a small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some classifications tree shrews are considered either primates (and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora)
Familiarity information: ORDER SCANDENTIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some classifications tree shrews are considered either primates (and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
order Scandentia; Scandentia
Hypernyms ("order Scandentia" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "order Scandentia"):
family Tupaiidae; Tupaiidae (tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates)
Holonyms ("order Scandentia" is a member of...):
Eutheria; subclass Eutheria (all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)
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