insectivore

«insectivore» in Mova's school dictionary: An animal or plant that eats mainly insects — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an insectivore, insectivores)

meaning for a pupil

1) An animal or plant that eats mainly insects. tree →

2) (science, older) A word once used for a group of small mammals like shrews, moles and hedgehogs. tree →

sense 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 →
• The hedgehog is an insectivore that hunts beetles and worms. tree →
• A Venus flytrap is an insectivore plant. tree →
• Anteaters are insectivores with long sticky tongues. tree →
• Swallows are insectivores that catch flies in the air. tree →
• Is a frog an insectivore or a carnivore? Both words can fit. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «insectivore» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.