insectivoren.

/ɪnˈsɛktɪvɔː/

Forms: Also insectivor.

Etymology: < modern French insectivore (Cuvier, 1817), < Latin insectivorus : see Insectivora n.

An insectivorous animal or plant; spec. a mammal of the order Insectivora.

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the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [noun] > that ingests animal matter

flycatcher1862

insectivore1863

carnivore1884

the world > animals > by eating habits > [noun] > carnivore > that feeds on insects

flycatcher1600

insect-feeder1835

insectivore1863

fly-eater1895

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora

Insectivora1836

insectivore1863

1863 T. H. Huxley Evid. Man's Place Nature ii. 95 The progress of cerebral complexity is traceable through a complete series of steps from the lowest Rodent or Insectivore to Man.

1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 65 Most of the Insectivores live under the ground.

1880 A. R. Wallace Island Life ii. xvii. 351 Ptilocercus, a feather-tailed arboreal insectivore.

1884 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 406 This remarkable insectivore [Venus's fly-trap] appears to be still a new and struggling species, or else an old type on the very point of extinction.

1896 A. G. Butler Brit. Birds with their Nests & Eggs I. 5 Many ‘insectivors’, when kept in the same aviary with seed-eating birds, swallow quantities of seed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	insectivore
释义	insectivoren. /ɪnˈsɛktɪvɔː/ Forms: Also insectivor. Etymology: < modern French insectivore (Cuvier, 1817), < Latin insectivorus : see Insectivora n. An insectivorous animal or plant; spec. a mammal of the order Insectivora. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [noun] > that ingests animal matter flycatcher1862 insectivore1863 carnivore1884 the world > animals > by eating habits > [noun] > carnivore > that feeds on insects flycatcher1600 insect-feeder1835 insectivore1863 fly-eater1895 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora Insectivora1836 insectivore1863 1863 T. H. Huxley Evid. Man's Place Nature ii. 95 The progress of cerebral complexity is traceable through a complete series of steps from the lowest Rodent or Insectivore to Man. 1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 65 Most of the Insectivores live under the ground. 1880 A. R. Wallace Island Life ii. xvii. 351 Ptilocercus, a feather-tailed arboreal insectivore. 1884 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 406 This remarkable insectivore [Venus's fly-trap] appears to be still a new and struggling species, or else an old type on the very point of extinction. 1896 A. G. Butler Brit. Birds with their Nests & Eggs I. 5 Many ‘insectivors’, when kept in the same aviary with seed-eating birds, swallow quantities of seed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1863
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