insectivore

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French insectivore

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɛktəˌvɔː/
• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɛktəˌvɔɹ/

Noun

insectivore (plural insectivores)

1. Insect-eating animal or plant.

   An anteater is an insectivore with a long sticky tongue to catch its prey.

2. (dated) mammal of the now abandoned order Insectivora.

Synonyms

• insectivoran (mammal of the order Insectivora)

Related terms

• Insectivora
• insectivorous

Translations

insect eating animal

• Catalan: insectívor m
• Czech: hmyzožravec (cs) m
• Danish: insektæder (da) c
• Dutch: insectivoor (nl) m, insecteneter (nl) m
• Esperanto: insektomanĝulo, insektovorulo
• Finnish: hyönteissyöjä (fi)
• French: insectivore (fr) m
• Galician: insectívoro m
• German: Insektenfresser (de) m
• Greek: εντομοφάγος (el) m (entomofágos)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: insettivoro (it) m
• Japanese: 食虫動物 (shokuchū dōbutsu)
• Khmer: បាណកសត្តាសី (bar nak kak sat ta sei)
• Polish: owadożerca (pl) m
• Portuguese: insectívoro m (Portugal), insetívoro (pt) m
• Russian: насекомоя́дный (ru) (nasekomojádnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: kukcožder, kukcojedac, kukcojed
• Spanish: insectívoro (es) m
• Swedish: insektsätare (sv) c

---

French

Etymology

insecte +‎ -vore

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

insectivore (plural insectivores)

1. insectivorous

Noun

insectivore m (plural insectivores)

1. insectivore

References

• “insectivore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

• “insectivore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.