any placental mammal of the order Insectivora, being typically small, with simple teeth, and feeding on invertebrates. The group includes shrews, moles, and hedgehogs
2.
any animal or plant that derives nourishment from insects
Examples of 'insect eater' in a sentence
insect eater
The fruit and insect eater weighs just under a stone and is 14inches long.
The Sun (2013)
However, cuckoo-pint is not an insect-eater, like sundew.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
At present, insect eaters tend to harvest them in the wild, she said.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Other research shows that starlings and swallows, both insect eaters, are among the worst affected, with populations down by two-thirds since the mid-1970s.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Also, as insect eaters, they have a fine bill, whereas house sparrows, which are seed-eaters, have a strong, broad bill.