insectivore (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 05
def small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals
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Hypernym placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
Member holonym Insectivora, order Insectivora
Derivationally related form insectivore → insectivorous
Hyponym mole; shrew, shrewmouse; hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus, Erinaceus europeaeus; tenrec, tendrac; otter shrew, potamogale, Potamogale velox
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Derivationally related form insectivorous → insectivore
Hyponym placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
Member meronym Insectivora, order Insectivora
Hypernym mole; shrew, shrewmouse; hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus, Erinaceus europeaeus; tenrec, tendrac; otter shrew, potamogale, Potamogale velox

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