afrotherian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Belonging or pertaining to the superorder Afrotheria, which includes the elephants, aardvarks, golden moles, tenrecs, etc.
noun
A placental that belongs to the superorder Afrotheria, such as an elephant, aardvark, golden mole, tenrec, etc.
Example Sentences
- "Although the monophyly of Afrotheria is well supported by recent molecular studies, the interrelationships within afrotherian mammals remain unclarified."
- "Just as molecular evidence from living mammals would predict, the African fossil record documents the presence of several afrotherian groups by early or middle Eocene time."
- "As their name implies, afrotherians putatively represent a radiation of placentals rooted in the African continent and nearby island of Madagascar."
- "Alternatively, the afrotherians may have originated in Europe, and an elephant-shrew like creature crossed into Africa and gave rise to the great diversity of afrotherians—from elephants to golden moles—that inhabit the continent today."