Insectivoran.
/ɪnsɛkˈtɪvərə/ Zoology. With plural agreement.
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a. An order of Mammalia, comprising numerous small quadrupeds, as the mole, shrew, and hedgehog, most of which feed on insects.
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1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 306/2 The lateral membranes with which the cheiroptera are furnished are no longer to be found in the insectivora.
1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §180 It may be affirmed that the Insectivora hold a rank in the Carnivorous division of the Mammalia, analogous to that which the Rodentia take in the Herbivorous.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 363 The eye is..rudimentary or absent in certain burrowing Rodentia and Insectivora.
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b. A group of Cheiroptera: the insectivorous or insect-eating Bats.
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2. Entomology. In Westwood's classification: a group of Hymenoptera which feed on other insects.
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