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Recent Examples of insectivore
More on Groundhogs Moles Moles are insectivores, tunneling to find food.
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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
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.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 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
These flying insectivores winter in South America and travel 7,000 miles to nest, including in Michigan.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
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
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.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 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
These flying insectivores winter in South America and travel 7,000 miles to nest, including in Michigan.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insectivore
Noun
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The carnivore diet is a way of eating that only includes animal products.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
2 June 2025
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The finding tracks with past research that suggests T. rex was more closely related to the large carnivore Tarbosaurus in Asia compared with top predators in North America such as Daspletosaurus, Morrison said in a statement.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
6 May 2025
Noun
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In terms of animal mortality, this year’s bloom was the worst since 2015-16 outbreak that killed thousands of animals between Alaska and Baja California, said SCCOOS director Clarissa Anderson of UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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The county’s three existing pet sale retailers can continue selling animals but face new restrictions, including licensing and inspection requirements and new vaccine and health requirements for animals.—
Ryan Ballogg,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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Among our vast trove of vegan recipes, one of the highest rated is Becky Hughes’s vegan Caesar salad with crisp chickpeas, adored by vegans and omnivores alike.—
Melissa Clark,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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Chickens are omnivores and want to eat bugs and worms alongside nutritious chicken feed.—
Pete & Gerry's Contributor,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Even more astonishing, the largest migration on Earth occurs daily as deep-sea creatures rise to the surface under cover of night to make their way to other areas.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Ultimately, this first installment has laid the foundation for the theme of nature vs. nurture and answering the age old question of whether man and creature can get along.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
8 June 2025
Noun
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Summer temperatures are warming up, which means Texas critters may be looking to avoid the heat by going into homes.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 June 2025
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As one of the largest islands in the world, this jumble of rainforests, highland plateaus, and otherworldly rock formations has spawned a unique ecosystem of freakish critters—many of which can’t be found anywhere else on earth.—
Chris Schalkx,
Robb Report,
15 May 2025
Noun
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The risks are evident – having these kinds of four-legged beasties roaming free around us without the guardrails they’re programmed with could be – well - pretty chaotic.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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In this movie, their most formidable foes are a hellish bunch of beasties disguised as a rival boy band.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
13 May 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
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The dog, unable to climb after the varmint, stood on his haunches with his front paws resting on the tree and howled loudly.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Two years later, The Times wrote a series of stories about Chesapeake Apartments, a sprawling 425-unit apartment complex in South L.A., where Nijjar’s tenants complained of sewage discharges, regular mold and vermin infestations and shoddy repairs.—
Liam Dillon,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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This could include, but is not limited to, major vermin contamination.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
6 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Insectivore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insectivore. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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