(n. pl.) An order of mammals which feed principally upon insects.
(n. pl.) A division of the Cheiroptera, including the common or insect-eating bats.
Example Sentences:
(1) Sorex belongs to the Insectivora and has a pigmented tooth enamel due to iron.
(2) Eosinophilopoiesis in the musk shrew, Suncus murinus, a representative of the order Insectivora, was studied by light and electron microscopy.
(3) A comparative study of seasonal-age dynamics of brain size in six small mammal species, Clethrionomys glareolus, C. rutilus, Microtus oeconomus, M. gregalis (Rodentia); Sorex araneus, S. minutis (Insectivora) has been carried out.
(4) Low levels of cerebrosides and sulfocerebrosides were found in the brain of lower mammals (Insectivora, Chiroptera) and high ones--in the brain of higher mammals (Carnivora, Primates).
(5) A comparison of the whole chains and certain positions of tenrec hemoglobin with those of Insectivora sensu strictu, Scandentia and Proto- and Metatheria corroborates a long and independent evolution of tenrec and its phylogenetic isolation from the Insectivora s.str.
(6) In some more developed "basal" and in all "progressive" Insectivora the area capsularis appears.
(7) From Insectivora to man, the MCN was the least progressive and the LCN the most progressive.
(8) (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae), an intestinal parasite of the Pygmy white-toothed shrew, Suncus etruscus (Savi, 1822) (Insectivora: Soricidae: Crocidurinae) in the region of Banyuls-sur-Mer and Cerbère (Oriental Pyrenees, France).
(9) Capillariids were found in mammals of 5 orders: Insectivora, Chiroptera, Muridae, Carnivora and Arctiodactyla.
(10) In the "basal" Insectivora the main part is in close contact with the layer VIa of the neocortex.
(11) The relative size showed a definite tendency to increase 2-4.5 times from Insectivora through simians (expressed by size indices).
(12) Intestinal tumors were induced in the Japanese house musk shrew, Suncus murinus (Family: Soricidae, Order: Insectivora) with 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA).
(13) Comparisons with the papillae of other types of bats and Insectivora and evaluations of the morphological characteristics and their functional values (unusual areas of distribution of the papillae, apical cytoplasmic expansions and behaviour of microfolds observed under SEM) have been made in different environmental conditions and nutritional habits, with attention to the mechanical events in the course of feeding.
(14) Using retrograde axonal flow and wheatgerm agglutinin conjugated to horseradish peroxidase, we studied the distribution of cortical neurons giving rise to spinal and dorsal column nuclear projections, and correlated the regions involved in the projections with the cytoarchitectonic areas recently identified in the lesser hedgehog tenrec, Echinops telfairi (Insectivora).
(15) The use of current laboratory methods demonstrated a wide spread of HFRS virus in the territory of this country, involvement in the epizootic process of most species of forest and steppe murine rodents and insectivora.
(16) A search for mast cells has been made in the brains of 18 mammalian species in 13 families in the orders Insectivora, Primates, Rodentia and Carnivora.
(17) A closed type of arteriovenous (A-V) anastomosis was demonstrated in or around the IZ in the two Insectivora species examined.
(18) Interordinal comparisons of least squares regressions of log-transformed BMR and mass suggest that the Insectivora have a significantly steeper slope to their allometric relationship than do most other orders, while the non-insectivore orders are statistically homogeneous with respect to slope.
(19) Although these 4 mammals are each members of the order Insectivora, a less modified member of the same order possessed the predominantly contralateral projection of most mammals, hence denying the notion that a predominantly ipsilateral tract is a characteristic of Insectivora.
(20) Changes in the relative size from Insectivora through man (expressed by size indices) showed a definite tendency to decrease in the lateral olfactory tract (TRL), its nucleus (NTO), and in the olfactory cortices (RB, PRPI, TOL) and to increase in the anterior commissure (COA) and substantia innominata (SIN).
Insectology
Definition:
(n.) Entomology.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the new Harvard study, published in the Bulletin of Insectology, the scientists studied the health of 18 bee colonies in three locations in central Massachusetts from October 2012 till April 2013.