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eulipotyphlan

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Etymology

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From Eulipotyphla +‎ -an.

Noun

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eulipotyphlan (plural eulipotyphlans)

  1. An insectivorous mammal of the order Eulipotyphla.
    • 2015 July 16, “Red Iron-Pigmented Tooth Enamel in a Multituberculate Mammal from the Late Cretaceous Transylvanian “Haţeg Island””, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      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.
    • 2018 April 11, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian:
      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.