insectivore
英 [ɪn'sektɪvɔː]
美[ɪn'sɛktɪvɔr]
- n. 食虫动物
英英释义
- 1. small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals
- 2. any organism that feeds mainly on insects
中文词源
insectivore 食虫动物
insect-,昆虫，-vor,吃，词源同herbivore.
英文词源
- insectivore (n.)
- 1863, from French insectivore (1817), from Latin insectivorus, from comb. form of insectum (see insect) + vorare "devour, swallow" (see voracity).
词态变化
形容词: insectivorous;