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insectivore
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun insectivore has 2 senses
- insectivore(n = noun.animal) - small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals; is a kind of eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
- insectivore(n = noun.animal) - any organism that feeds mainly on insects; is a kind of animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
is a member of insectivora, order insectivora
has particulars: mole, shrew, shrewmouse, erinaceus europaeus, erinaceus europeaeus, hedgehog, tendrac, tenrec, otter shrew, potamogale, potamogale velox
Derived form adjective insectivorous1
Derived form adjective insectivorous1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
insectivore, n.
1 any mammal of the order Insectivora feeding on insects etc., e.g. a hedgehog or mole.
2 any plant which captures and absorbs insects.
1 any mammal of the order Insectivora feeding on insects etc., e.g. a hedgehog or mole.
2 any plant which captures and absorbs insects.
Derivative
insectivorous adj.
Etymology
F f. mod.L insectivorus (as INSECT, -VORE: see -VOROUS)
THESAURUS
insectivore
amphibian, aquatic, biped, canine, cannibal, carnivore, cosmopolite, feline, gnawer, herbivore, invertebrate, mammal, mammalian, marsupial, marsupialian, omnivore, primate, quadruped, reptile, rodent, ruminant, scavenger, ungulate, varmint, vermin, vertebrate
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