Insectivore

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various small, principally nocturnal mammals of the order Insectivora, characteristically feeding chiefly on insects and including the shrews, moles, and hedgehogs.
  • n. An organism that feeds mainly on insects.
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  • n. Insect-eating animal or plant.
  • n. mammal of the now abondaned order Insectivora.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of the Insectivora.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An insectivorous animal; one of the Insectivora or Insectivorœ; especially, a member of the order Insectivora.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals
  • n. any organism that feeds mainly on insects
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    beast    brute    fauna    creature    animate being   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    insectivoran   
     
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