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from The Century Dictionary.
- In some systems of classification, a division of the mammalian order Insectivora, including those forms which have no cæcum, as distinguished from the Menotyphla, which have a cæcum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A suborder of mammals including the moles; hedgehogs; and true shrews.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun moles; hedgehogs; true shrews
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