Definition of Insectevora

Definition of Insectevora

||In`sec*tiv"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. insectum an insect + vorare to devour.] (Zoöl.) 1. An order of mammals which feed principally upon insects.

&fist; They are mostly of small size, and their molar teeth have sharp cusps. Most of the species burrow in the earth, and many of those of cold climates hibernate in winter. The order includes the moles, shrews, hedgehogs, tanrecs, and allied animals, also the colugo.

2. A division of the Cheiroptera, including the common or insect-eating bats.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

INSECTIVORA, n.

"See," cries the chorus of admiring preachers,
"How Providence provides for all His creatures!"
"His care," the gnat said, "even the insects follows:
For us He has provided wrens and swallows."

Sempen Railey

- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Translingual

a taxonomic order, within superorder Laurasiatheria - the hedgehogs, shrews, moles, solenodons etc

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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