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Definition of insectivore noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

insectivore

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