insectivore

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɪnˈsɛktəˌvɔː/    美 /ɪnˈsɛktəˌvɔɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Insect-eating animal or plant.
    — An anteater is an insectivore with a long sticky tongue to catch its prey.
  2. mammal of the now abandoned order Insectivora. dated

词形变化

insectivores plural

词汇关系

相关词
Insectivora insectivorous

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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