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insectivore (n.)

1863, from French insectivore (1817), from Latin insectivorus, from combining form of insectum (see insect) + vorare "devour, swallow" (from PIE root *gwora- "food, devouring").

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Definitions of insectivore from WordNet

insectivore (n.)
small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals;
insectivore (n.)
any organism that feeds mainly on insects;
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