Insectivore Definition

ĭn-sĕktə-vôr
insectivores
noun
Any of an order (Insectivora) of generally small, primitive mammals, as moles, shrews, or hedgehogs, that are active mainly at night and that feed principally on insects.
Webster's New World
Any animal or plant that feeds on insects.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Insectivore

Noun

Singular:
insectivore
Plural:
insectivores

Origin of Insectivore

  • New Latin Īnsectivora order name Latin īnsectum insect insect Latin -vora neuter pl. of -vorus -vorous

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French insectivore

    From Wiktionary

Insectivore Sentence Examples

  • The other is a peculiar insectivore (Solenodon paradoxus), the only other representatives of whose family ace found in Madagascar.

  • Thus Huxley, with true prophetic instinct, found that the sum of primitive characters of all the higher placental mammals points to a stem form of a generalized insectivore type, a prophecy which has been fully confirmed by the latest research.

  • It is, however, important to mention that an extinct South American insectivore, Necrolestes, has been referred to the family last mentioned; and even if this reference should not be confirmed in the future, the occurrence of a representative of the order in Patagonia is a fact of considerable importance in distribution.

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