| NOUN | animal | insectivore | small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial / terrestrial or fossorial mammals |
|---|---|---|---|
| animal | insectivore | any organism that feeds mainly on insects |
| Meaning | small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial / terrestrial or fossorial mammals. | |
|---|---|---|
| Member of | Insectivora, order Insectivora | shrews |
| Narrower | hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus, Erinaceus europeaeus | small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines |
| mole | small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet | |
| otter shrew, potamogale, Potamogale velox | amphibious African insectivorous mammal that resembles an otter | |
| shrew, shrewmouse | small mouselike mammal with a long snout | |
| tenrec, tendrac | small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar / Madagascar | |
| Broader | placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal | mammals having a placenta |
| Spanish | insectívoro | |
| Catalan | insectívor | |
| Adjectives | insectivorous | (of animals and plants) feeding on insects |
| Meaning | Any organism that feeds mainly on insects. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | A living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
| Spanish | insectívoro, insectívoros | |
| Catalan | insectívor | |
| Adjectives | insectivorous | (of animals and plants) feeding on insects |
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