Definition of Lipotyphla

1. Noun. Moles; hedgehogs; true shrews.

Exact synonyms: Suborder Lipotyphla
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Insectivora, Order Insectivora

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lipotyphla

Liparidae
Liparididae
Liparis
Liparis liparis
Liparis loeselii
Lipchitz
Lipetsk
Lipitor
Lipizzan
Lipmann
Lipo-Hepin
Lipo-Lutin
Liponyssus
Liposcelis
Liposcelis divinatorius
Lipotyphla
Lippershey
Lippi
Lippizan
Lippizaner
Lippmann
Lipschitz
Lipschutz
Lipschutz cell
Lipscomb
Liptauer
Liquaemin
Liquid Pred
Liquidambar styraciflua

Literary usage of Lipotyphla

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Creation: Or, The Development of the Earth and Its by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1883)
"The lipotyphla are represented in our country by shrew mice, moles, and hedgehogs. The Insectivora, in the formation of their jaws and their mode of life, ..."

2. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere by William Berryman Scott (1913)
"2. ORDER INSECTIVORA. Insect-eating Mammals. a. SUBORDER lipotyphla, eg Moles, Hedgehogs, Shrews, etc. b. ..."

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