insectivore
noun/ɪnˈsektɪvɔː(r)/
/ɪnˈsektɪvɔːr/
- any animal that eats insects compare carnivore, herbivore, omnivoreWord Originmid 19th cent.: from modern Latin insectivorus, from insectum (see insect) + -vorus ‘devouring’, on the pattern of Latin carnivorus ‘carnivorous’.
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