INSECTIVORE

insectivore

(noun) any organism that feeds mainly on insects

insectivore

(noun) small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

insectivore (plural insectivores)

Insect-eating animal or plant.

(zoology, dated) mammal of the now abandoned order Insectivora.

Synonyms

• insectivoran (mammal of the order Insectivora)

Source: Wiktionary


In*sec"ti*vore, n.; pl. Insectivores (-vorz). Etym: [F.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of the Insectivora.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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