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Recent Examples of insectivore
Belonging to the same group of mammals as sloths and anteaters, armadillos are voracious insectivores that eat large numbers of beetles, grubs, ants, termites, and other insects, grabbing them with their sticky tongues.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 July 2025
The lemurs and tenrecs of Madagascar, for example, are descended from primates and insectivores that used to be much more widespread.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
More on Groundhogs Moles Moles are insectivores, tunneling to find food.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 8 May 2025
The sparrowhawk is an aggressive bird of prey, adept at hunting and fighting, while the cuckoo’s nest targets are smaller birds and mostly insectivores.
—Nathan H. Lents, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
This tiny insectivore has an exceptionally fast metabolism, demanding near-constant feeding to survive.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2025
Here’s how to manage groundhogs Moles Moles are insectivores, tunneling to find food.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
Among the species declines that have led to billions fewer birds in North America over the last half-century, grassland birds and aerial insectivores have been hit especially hard, having lost many bugs that once fed them.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2024
These gregarious insectivores existed only in a hectare of mossy wetlands near the waterfalls of the Kihansi River, soaking up the high humidity from the constant mist.
—Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 31 July 2024
Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 July 2025
The lemurs and tenrecs of Madagascar, for example, are descended from primates and insectivores that used to be much more widespread.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
More on Groundhogs Moles Moles are insectivores, tunneling to find food.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 8 May 2025
The sparrowhawk is an aggressive bird of prey, adept at hunting and fighting, while the cuckoo’s nest targets are smaller birds and mostly insectivores.
—Nathan H. Lents, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
This tiny insectivore has an exceptionally fast metabolism, demanding near-constant feeding to survive.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2025
Here’s how to manage groundhogs Moles Moles are insectivores, tunneling to find food.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
Among the species declines that have led to billions fewer birds in North America over the last half-century, grassland birds and aerial insectivores have been hit especially hard, having lost many bugs that once fed them.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2024
These gregarious insectivores existed only in a hectare of mossy wetlands near the waterfalls of the Kihansi River, soaking up the high humidity from the constant mist.
—Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 31 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insectivore
Noun
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The tracks were left by meat-eating dinosaurs similar to an Acrocanthosaurus, a roughly 35-foot-long bipedal carnivore, Brown said.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
8 Aug. 2025
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Captive carnivores in the United States often have their diets supplemented with commercially available meat products, like chunk or mincemeat.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Both beloved animals have died, the zoo announced Friday.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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Strange animals that get their energy from chemical reactions instead of the sun have been discovered at the bottom of ocean trenches up to 31,000 feet deep in the northwest Pacific between Russia and Alaska, a new study reports.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Red foxes are omnivores that prey on small animals such as birds, rabbits and squirrels, Lehrer said.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2025
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Card-carrying herbivores, seed-eaters, and omnivores switched to a cicada-heavy diet during a brood emergence in Washington, D.C., in 2021, according to Martha Weiss, a professor of biology at George Washington University.—
Sarah Henry,
The Courier-Journal,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Players will need to survive a brutal future, extract key people from the past and stop nightmarish creatures.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Generally, this curious-looking creature that’s about the size of a cat rarely causes problems for the homeowner.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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With the snake out of the tunnel and train traffic clear to commence, Mackenzie places the reptile in a netted bag to remove the critter from the home.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Researchers have seen that wild horses and burros will hog water tanks, streams, and other water sources — often to the detriment of native critters like deer and antelope, which are easily bullied by a big stallion.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
31 July 2025
Noun
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Most of the remaining beasties now live on remote islands near the equator, and most humans would conveniently like to forget them.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
30 June 2025
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That hybrid classification extends to recent hits such as Minecraft and Sonic the Hedgehog, which combine live actors with CGI beasties.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
27 May 2025
Noun
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Shop Deli Gifts 11 Dead on I-80 in 2009 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering—Find out what rhymes with varmint!—
Megan Cummins
August 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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Another disadvantage: Adding banana peels directly to the soil may attract unwelcome varmints.—
Marin Independent Journal,
The Mercury News,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This could include, but is not limited to, major vermin contamination.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacbee.com,
25 July 2025
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Unfortunately, the feed in chicken coops will attract vermin.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
16 July 2025
Cite this Entry
“Insectivore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insectivore. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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