insectivore

n. 食虫动物

发音

UK /ɪnˈsɛktəˌvɔː/
其它
US /ɪnˈsɛktəˌvɔɹ/

词形变化

insectivores 复数 insectivores

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Insect-eating animal or plant.

    An anteater is an insectivore with a long sticky tongue to catch its prey.

  2. 2.

    mammal of the now abandoned order Insectivora.

    过时 生物 动物学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 7

animal beast creature brute fauna eutherian placental

下位词 7

mole hedgehog shrew otter shrew shrewmouse tendrac tenrec

词源

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

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