Word

insectivore, n.
(insectivores)

any organism that feeds mainly on insects
<noun.animal>

insectivore

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

animal, creature, beast, animate being, brute, fauna

small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals
<noun.animal>

insectivore

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal

member holonym

Insectivora, order Insectivora

hyponym

mole shrew, shrewmouse hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus, Erinaceus europeaeus tenrec, tendrac otter shrew, potamogale, Potamogale velox