insectivore

insectivore

English

This lizard (Acanthodactylus boskianus) is an insectivore

Etymology

From French insectivore. In the zoological sense, coined by William Whewell in 1840 as an adaptation of Cuvier's coinage, French insectivore. The French terms reflect scientific New Latin origins; surface analysis, insect +‎ -i- +‎ -vore.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɛktəˌvɔː/
• (General American) 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. (zoology, dated) mammal of the now abandoned order Insectivora.

   Synonym: insectivoran

Related terms

• Insectivora
• insectivorous

Translations

insect-eating animal or plant

Breton: amprevanataer m 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 (animal), insektenfressende Pflanze f (plant), insekten fressende Pflanze f (plant), Insektivore f (plant) Greek: εντομοφάγος (el) m (entomofágos) Irish: feithiditeoir m Italian: insettivoro (it) m Japanese: 食虫動物 (shokuchū dōbutsu) Khmer: បាណកសត្តាសី (bar nak kak sat ta sei) Norwegian: Bokmål: insekteter m Nynorsk: insektetar m Polish: owadożerca (pl) m Portuguese: insectívoro m (Portugal), insetívoro (pt) m Russian: насекомоя́дный (ru) ? (nasekomojádnyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: кукцождер ?, кукцоједац m, кукцојед ? Roman: kukcožder ?, kukcojedac m, kukcojed ? Spanish: insectívoro (es) m Swedish: insektsätare (sv) c Welsh: pryfysor m, pryfysolyn m

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French

Etymology

insecte +‎ -vore

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.sɛk.ti.vɔʁ/
• Homophone: insectivores

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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.