insectivore

English

Etymology

From French insectivore

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɛktəˌvɔː/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɛktəˌvɔɹ/

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 (cs) m
Danish: insektæder (da) c
Dutch: insectivoor (nl) m, insecteneter (nl) m
Esperanto: insektomanĝulo, insektovorulo
Finnish: hyönteissyöjä (fi)
French: insectivore (fr) m
Galician: insectívoro 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)
Polish: owadożerca (pl) m
Portuguese: insectívoro m (Portugal), insetívoro (pt) m
Russian: насекомоя́дный (ru) (nasekomojádnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: kukcožder, kukcojedac, kukcojed
Spanish: insectívoro (es) m
Swedish: insektsätare (sv) c

French

Etymology

insecte +‎ -vore

Pronunciation

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Adjective

insectivore (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).

Further reading

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

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