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eulipotyphlan

eulipotyphlan noun: an insectivorous mammal of the order Eulipotyphla.

Noun

eulipotyphlan (plural eulipotyphlans)

  1. An insectivorous mammal of the order Eulipotyphla.
    • In conclusion, Barbatodon transylvanicus was an insular primitive multituberculate with a very hard diet and red iron pigmented teeth showing a pattern distribution similar to eulipotyphlan insectivores and grasping incisors that were not ever-growing.2015 July 16, “Red Iron-Pigmented Tooth Enamel in a Multituberculate Mammal from the Late Cretaceous Transylvanian “Haţeg Island””, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
    • Multiple studies of solenodon genes in the last 15 years have helped figure things out: solenodons are the sister group of all of the other eulipotyphlans.2018 April 11, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian

Forms of eulipotyphlan

pluraleulipotyphlans

Origin of eulipotyphlan

From Eulipotyphla + -an.

Questions about eulipotyphlan

What does eulipotyphlan mean?
Eulipotyphlan means an insectivorous mammal of the order Eulipotyphla.
What part of speech is eulipotyphlan?
Eulipotyphlan is a noun.
What is the plural of eulipotyphlan?
The plural of eulipotyphlan is eulipotyphlans.

Words near eulipotyphlan in the dictionary

  1. Eulerian trail
  2. Eulerian trails
  3. Euless
  4. eulimid
  5. eulimids
  6. eulipotyphlan
  7. eulipotyphlans
  8. eulipotyplans
  9. eulittoral
  10. eulogetic
  11. eulogia

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