insectivore

Meaning of insectivore

noun

an animal that feeds on insects, worms, and other invertebrates.

mid 19th century: from modern Latin insectivorus, from insectum (see insect) + -vorus ‘devouring’, on the pattern of Latin carnivorus ‘carnivorous’.

Information about insectivore

It is a name.
The plural form of insectivore is: insectivores.
Languages in which insectivore is used:
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- English
- French

Hyphenation of insectivore

in-sec-ti-vore

It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
insectivore is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

Translation of insectivore

French: insectivores, insectivore
Italian: insettivori, insettivoro
Portuguese: insectívoros
Spanish: insectívoro

Words that rhyme with insectivore

devore, radevore, animalivore, carnivore, folivore, frugivore, graminivore, granivore, herbivore, megaherbivore, mucivore, omnivore, pupivore

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