insectivore
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1. Any of various small, principally nocturnal mammals of the order Insectivora, characteristically feeding chiefly on insects and including the shrews, moles, and hedgehogs.
2. An organism that feeds mainly on insects.
[New Latin 
nsectivora, order name : Latin 
nsectum, insect; see insect + Latin -vora, neuter pl. of -vorus, -vorous.]
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| Noun | 1. | insectivore – small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals
eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal – mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
Insectivora, order Insectivora – shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs
mole – small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet
shrewmouse, shrew – small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
Erinaceus europaeus, Erinaceus europeaeus, hedgehog – small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines
otter shrew, potamogale, Potamogale velox – amphibious African insectivorous mammal that resembles an otter
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| 2. | insectivore – any organism that feeds mainly on insects |
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