noun
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)
• Syn: ↑order Scandentia
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Eutheria, ↑subclass Eutheria
• Member Meronyms: ↑Tupaiidae, ↑family Tupaiidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.