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Recent Examples of insectivore
Moreover, in every case, the ancestors were either insectivores or carnivores, with insect-eaters making the shift about three times more often than carnivores.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt,
ArsTechnica,
20 Aug. 2025
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.
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Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 June 2025
This tiny insectivore has an exceptionally fast metabolism, demanding near-constant feeding to survive.
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Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2025
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.
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Brandon Loomis,
The Arizona Republic,
22 Sep. 2024
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
ArsTechnica,
20 Aug. 2025
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 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
This tiny insectivore has an exceptionally fast metabolism, demanding near-constant feeding to survive.
—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insectivore
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Both minks and otters are mustelids, a family of carnivores that also includes badgers, weasels, and wolverines.
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Chef Angie Mar made the Beatrice Inn a meat Mecca for downtown NYC carnivores.
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Rabies can also be transmitted through direct contact with brain or nervous system tissue from an infected animal.
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The animals have been seen on airport runways, walking on golf courses, roaming near schools and causing panic in supermarkets and hot spring resorts almost on a daily basis.
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The speckled omnivores can weigh upwards of 10 pounds, largely thanks to a diet that regularly includes eggs, small animals, fruits, and vegetables.
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What the totality of evidence actually supports is this: humans are metabolically flexible omnivores with notable carnivorous adaptations that emerged over the past two million years, overlaid on an older primate legacy of plant consumption.
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Compelling characters, breathtaking action, beautiful environments, and an array of wondrous alien creatures.
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One of the earliest signs that the new Supergirl will be an uninspired slog is the overload of blobby alien dirtbags, grotesque creatures that look like they were refused admission to the Mos Eisley Cantina in the original Star Wars movie.
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Be sure to use lidded containers for trash and animal feed, and find other ways to attract birds while keeping other critters away.
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In the best comedy ever inspired by a rando holiday, Bill Murray refuses to let a bucktoothed critter upstage him.
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There be beasties beyond US Route 93, bigger than my vision could handle.
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My bathtub seems to be a place these cute beasties like to hang out.
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No air-conditioning, no insulation, its charm blunted by DIY additions, discount drywall, generations of putty and steel wool stuffed into varmint tunnels.
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Moreover, the official mascots succeed in spotting various varmints — foxes and possums, to be specific, but thankfully, no vultures.
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Backyard Chickens Unfortunately, the feed in chicken coops will attract vermin.
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Chain restaurants, moldy cutting boards, sewage backups and the usual vermin fill this week’s list restaurants failing inspection in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and the Florida Keys.
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“Insectivore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insectivore. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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