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Insectivore

In-sec′ti-vore

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Insectivores

(-vōrz)

.

[F.]

(Zool.)

One of the Insectivora.

Definition 2024

insectivore

insectivore

English

Noun

insectivore ‎(plural insectivores)

Insect-eating animal or plant.
An anteater is an insectivore with a long sticky tongue to catch its prey.
(dated) mammal of the now abandoned order Insectivora.

Synonyms

insectivoran (mammal of the order Insectivora)

Related terms

Translations

insect eating animal

Czech: hmyzožravec m
Danish: insektæder (da) c
Dutch: insectivoor (nl) m, insecteneter (nl) m
Esperanto: insektomanĝulo, insektovorulo
Finnish: hyönteissyöjä
French: insectivore (fr) m
Greek: εντομοφάγος (el) m ‎(entomofágos)

Italian: insettivoro (it) m
Japanese: 食虫動物 ‎(shokuchū dōbutsu)
Khmer: បាណកសត្តាសី ‎(bar nak kak sat ta sei)
Portuguese: insectívoro m (Portugal), insetívoro (pt) m
Russian: насекомоядный (ru) ‎(nasekomojadnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: kukcožder, kukcojedac, kukcojed
Spanish: insectívoro (es) m
Swedish: insektsätare (sv) c

French

Etymology

insecte +‎ -vore

Adjective

insectivore m, f ‎(plural insectivores)

insectivorous

Noun

insectivore m ‎(plural insectivores)

insectivore

References

“insectivore” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).