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Definition of Menotyphla
1. Noun. Elephant shrews; tree shrews.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Insectivora, Order Insectivora
Lexicographical Neighbors of Menotyphla
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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