eulipotyphlanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

eulipotyphlan (複数形 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:10.1371/journal.pone.0132550:

     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, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian, 11 April:

     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.