different between insectivorous vs insectivore

English

Etymology

From Latin insectum (“insect”) and -vorus, from vor? (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ns?k?t?v(?)??s/

Adjective

insectivorous (comparative more insectivorous, superlative most insectivorous)

1. Feeding on insects.
2. (of a plant) Capable of trapping and absorbing insects; such as the sundew, pitcher plant and Venus flytrap.

Synonyms

• insectivorian

Related terms

• Insectivora
• insectivore

Translations

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).