Associations to the word «Insectivore»

Wiktionary

INSECTIVORE, noun. Insect-eating animal or plant.
INSECTIVORE, noun. (dated) mammal of the now abandoned order Insectivora.

Dictionary definition

INSECTIVORE, noun. Small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals.
INSECTIVORE, noun. Any organism that feeds mainly on insects.

Wise words

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