Definition of Insectivore. Meaning of Insectivore. Synonyms of Insectivore

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Definition of Insectivore

Insectivore
Insectivore In*sec"ti*vore, n.; pl. Insectivores (-v[=o]rz). [F.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Insectivora.

Meaning of Insectivore from wikipedia

- An insectivore is a carnivorous animal or plant that eats insects. An alternative term is entomophage, which can also refer to the human practice of eating...
- + Lipotyphla, meaning truly lacking blind gut; sometimes called true insectivores) is an order of mammals comprising the Erinaceidae (hedgehogs and gymnures);...
- insectivory. Terms for organisms that practice entomophagy are entomophage and insectivore. Entomophagy is sometimes defined to also include the eating of arthropods...
- behaviors. Frugivores include c****owaries, orangutans and grey parrots; insectivores include swallows and pink fairy armadillos; granivores include large...
- other parts of the world, where it can live in human homes. It is an insectivore; it kills and eats other arthropods, such as insects and arachnids. In...
- beasts") is a superorder of placental mammals that groups together true insectivores (eulipotyphlans), bats (chiropterans), carnivorans, pangolins (pholidotes)...
- cannibalism" below), also Ovivore Haematophage/Sanguivore: eating blood Insectivore: eating insects Myrmecophage: eating ants and/or termites Invertivore:...
- of North America. It is a semifossorial, highly active, and voracious insectivore and is present in a variety of habitats like broadleaved and pine forests...
- questioned among researchers, with earlier interpretations depicting it as an insectivore or a piscivore. Recent studies have suggested that Dimorphodon likely...
- in the family Cuculidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. It is an insectivore. EBird describes the bird as "A large, long-tailed bird of open or disturbed...