Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
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: Scandentia, order Scandentia]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
order Scandentia
n 1: 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:
Scandentia, order Scandentia]