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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: in‧sec‧tí‧vo‧ro
Adjective
insectívoro (feminine insectívora, masculine plural insectívoros, feminine plural insectívoras) (European Portuguese spelling)
- insectivorous (that eats insects)
Noun
insectívoro m (plural insectívoros) (European Portuguese spelling)
- insectivore (animal that feeds on insects)
Further reading
- “insectívoro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “insectívoro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “insectívoro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “insectívoro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin insectivorus. By surface analysis, Latin insecto + Latin -i + Latin vorō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inseɡˈtiboɾo/
- Rhymes: -iboɾo
- Syllabification: in‧sec‧tí‧vo‧ro
Adjective
insectívoro (feminine insectívora, masculine plural insectívoros, feminine plural insectívoras)
- insectivorous
Noun
insectívoro m (plural insectívoros)
- insectivore
Further reading