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English noun: Scandentia

1. 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)


Synonymsorder Scandentia


Broader (hypernym)animal order


Member holonymfamily Tupaiidae, Tupaiidae


Member meronymEutheria, subclass Eutheria









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