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English noun: order Scandentia

1. order Scandentia (animal) a small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some classifications tree shrews are considered either primates (and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora)


SynonymsScandentia


Broader (hypernym)animal order


Member holonymfamily Tupaiidae, Tupaiidae


Member meronymEutheria, subclass Eutheria









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