| Pronunciation: | | in'sektu`vowr
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| Matching Terms: | | insectivora, insectivorous
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- [n] any organism that feeds mainly on insects
- [n] small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals
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| | See Also: | | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, Erinaceus europaeus, Erinaceus europeaeus, eutherian, eutherian mammal, fauna, hedgehog, Insectivora, mole, order Insectivora, otter shrew, placental, placental mammal, potamogale, Potamogale velox, shrew, shrewmouse, tendrac, tenrec |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*sec"ti*vore\, n.; pl. {Insectivores} (-v[=o]rz).
[F.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Insectivora.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Describes an animal or plant that eats insects. |
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| | Synonyms: | | insectivorous |
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| Glossary |
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| | Definition: | | an animal that eats primarily insects; also a member of the mammalian order Insectivora. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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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