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# insectivore

noun (an insectivore, insectivores)

«insectivore» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An animal or plant that eats mainly insects. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insectivore/#m1)
2. (science, older) A word once used for a group of small mammals like shrews, moles and hedgehogs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insectivore/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on food chains and diets, animals are herbivores (eat plants), carnivores (eat meat), omnivores (eat both) and insectivores (eat insects). Examples: anteaters, bats, swallows, frogs, hedgehogs, Venus flytraps. Phrases: an insectivore, insectivorous plants.

### Examples

- Bats are insectivores; one bat can eat hundreds of midges in a night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insectivore/#x1)
- The hedgehog is an insectivore that hunts beetles and worms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insectivore/#x2)
- A Venus flytrap is an insectivore plant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insectivore/#x3)
- Anteaters are insectivores with long sticky tongues. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insectivore/#x4)
- Swallows are insectivores that catch flies in the air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insectivore/#x5)
- Is a frog an insectivore or a carnivore? Both words can fit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insectivore/#x6)

### Note

Adjective «insectivorous». «-vore» means «eater»: herbivore, carnivore, omnivore. An insectivore is a kind of carnivore. Spiders and worms are not insects, but insectivores often eat them too.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «insectivore» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insectivore/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«insectivore» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insectivore.html) on Mova free.