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insectivore::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | eutherian mammal, placental mammal, eutherian, placental |
| Has types | tenrec, erinaceus europaeus, erinaceus europeaeus, hedgehog, mole, otter shrew, shrewmouse, tendrac, potamogale, potamogale velox, shrew |
| Derivation | insectivorous |
Examples of insectivore
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Mainland insectivore populations are generally similar to the rest of Britain.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Pocket gophers may be confused with moles, an insectivore that eats mostly grubs and worms.
From the sltrib.com
Whether or not you're an insectivore is entirely a matter of taste.
From the forbes.com
An insectivore on the ground, such as a shrew, however, might produce five young every six weeks.
From the newscientist.com
An insectivore, it feeds by gleaning small insects off leaves.
From the en.wikipedia.org
There are also several species of insectivore found in Britain.
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Furthermore, when insectivore bats consume bugs tainted with pesticides, the bats get poisoned, too.
From the denverpost.com
My biologist friends were thinking of the tiny insectivore, and nothing else at least when first asked.
From the scienceblogs.com
The insectivore, called Batodonoides, would have weighed only 1.3 grams, about the same as an American dollar bill.
From the newscientist.com
- Small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals
- Any organism that feeds mainly on insects
- (insectivorous) (of animals and plants) feeding on insects
- For the eating of insects by humans, see Entomophagy''.
- Insect-eating animal or plant; mammal of the now abondaned order Insectivora
- (Insectivores) Species whose diet consists primarily of insects. Example: the galago (bushbaby). The earliest primates were probably insectivores.
- Animals that eat insects.
- An animal (bird, mammal or fish) that eats insects, or a member of the order of mammals that includes shrews and moles.
- Family of insect eaters including the mole and shrew.
