insectívoro

Definitions of insectívoro
  1. noun
    any organism that feeds mainly on insects
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    type of:
    animal, bestia, criatura, fauna
    a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
  2. noun
    small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals
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    types:
    topo
    small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet
    musaraña
    small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
    erizo
    small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines
    type of:
    placentario
    mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
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