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Definition of Lipotyphla
1. Noun. Moles; hedgehogs; true shrews.
Exact synonyms: Suborder Lipotyphla
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Insectivora, Order Insectivora
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Insectivora, Order Insectivora
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lipotyphla
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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