different between insectivore vs omnivore

English

Etymology

From French insectivore. In the zoological sense, coined by William Whewell in 1840 as an adaptation of Cuvier's coinage, French insectivore.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?s?kt??v??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?s?kt??v??/

Noun

insectivore (plural insectivores)

1. Insect-eating animal or plant.

2. (zoology, dated) mammal of the now abandoned order Insectivora.

   Synonym: insectivoran

Related terms

• Insectivora
• insectivorous

Translations

French

Etymology

insecte +? -vore

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.s?k.ti.v??/
• Homophone: insectivores

Adjective

insectivore (plural insectivores)

1. insectivorous

Noun

insectivore m (plural insectivores)

1. insectivore

References

• “insectivore” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Further reading

• “insectivore” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From the Latin omnivorus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mn?v??(?)/

Noun

omnivore (plural omnivores)

1. An animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore).

   Bears are omnivores: they can eat plants, but they also eat fish.

Derived terms

• omni
• omnivorous
• omnivorousness

Translations

See also

• herbivore
• carnivore
• folivore
• frugivore
• insectivore
• hemovore

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin omnivorus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m.ni.v??/

Adjective

omnivore (plural omnivores)

1. omnivorous

Noun

omnivore m (plural omnivores)

1. omnivore

See also

• carnivore
• herbivore
• insectivore

Further reading

• “omnivore” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

omnivore f pl

1. feminine plural of omnivoro

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /om?ni.u?o.re/, [?m?n?u????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /om?ni.vo.re/, [?m?ni?v???]

Adjective

omnivore

1. vocative masculine singular of omnivorus