insectivore
Noun
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Small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals (synset 101891715)
is a type of: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupialssubtypes:
- mole - small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet
- shrew, shrewmouse - small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
- erinaceus europaeus, erinaceus europeaeus, hedgehog - small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines
- tendrac, tenrec - small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog
- otter shrew, potamogale, potamogale velox - amphibious African insectivorous mammal that resembles an otter
belongs to: insectivora, order insectivora - shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs - Any organism that feeds mainly on insects (synset 101327440)
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