insectivores

plural of insectivore

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for insectivores
Noun
  • Chef Angie Mar made the Beatrice Inn a meat Mecca for downtown NYC carnivores.
    Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • The rare baby boy was born Sunday after seven hours of labor and is doing well, said Matthey Lenyo, the zoo’s curator of primates and carnivores.
    Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • The ranch is home to a couple of hundred animals, including impalas, Nubian ibexes and an antelope found in Central Africa.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 24 June 2026
  • Dogs Inherited The ‘Wolf Pack’ Obligation Wolves are what biologists call obligate social hunters, that is, animals whose survival depends not just on being with others, but on coordinating with them.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Its outer space is filled with cosmic detritus, mean characters and cute critters.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • And critters love to set up inside intake valves, breaking boats’ cooling systems, Hamm noted.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • What happens in a world where young people are always rendered as creatures of the present, rather than also existing in the past?
    John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026
  • Coffin co-directed four of those movies and voices every last one of the yellow creatures himself.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 June 2026
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“Insectivores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insectivores. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.

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