insectivore
English Thesaurus
1. any organism that feeds mainly on insects (noun.animal)
2. small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal, |
| definition | : | mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | mole, |
| definition | : | small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | shrew, shrewmouse, |
| definition | : | small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | erinaceus europaeus, erinaceus europeaeus, hedgehog, |
| definition | : | small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | otter shrew, potamogale, potamogale velox, |
| definition | : | amphibious African insectivorous mammal that resembles an otter (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | insectivora, order insectivora, |
| definition | : | shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs (noun.animal) |
3. any organism that feeds mainly on insects (noun.animal)
| derivation | : | insectivorous, insectivorous, |
| definition | : | (of animals and plants) feeding on insects (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | insectivorous, insectivorous, |
| definition | : | (of animals and plants) feeding on insects (adj.all) |
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