Definition of Menotyphla

1. Noun. Elephant shrews; tree shrews.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Menotyphla

Mennonite Church
Mennonite Low German
Mennonites
Mennonitism
Mennos
Menoetius
Menologia
Menologium
Menominee
Menominee whitefish
Menomini
Menopon
Menopon gallinae
Menopon palladum
Menotti
Menotyphla
Mensa
Mensan
Mensans
Menshevik
Mentha aquatica
Mentha arvensis
Mentha citrata
Mentha longifolia
Mentha piperita
Mentha pulegium
Mentha rotundifolia
Mentha spicata
Mentha suaveolens
Menticirrhus

Literary usage of Menotyphla

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)
"It is separated into two orders, menotyphla and Lipotyphla; the menotyphla are probably the older of the two, and are distinguished from the Lipotyphla by ..."

2. The Origin and Evolution of the Human Dentition by William King Gregory (1922)
"Whether or not the menotyphla, comprising the ... the Paleocene both from each other and from the menotyphla, the Condylar- thra and other placental orders. ..."

3. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1913)
"In 1910 I published an analysis of the osteology of Tupaia and of other menotyphla and summarized the evidence for the relationship of the Tupaiidae with ..."

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