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Shrike :: Shrike (v. i.) Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L. borealis), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. See under Butcher..

Thunderbird :: Thunderbird (n.) An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher..

Entomophaga :: Entomophaga (n. pl.) A group of marsupials which are partly insectivorous, as the opossum..

Entomophagous :: Entomophagous (a.) Feeding on insects; insectivorous.

Insectivorous :: Insectivorous (a.) the Insectivora, and to many bats, birds, and reptiles..

Swift :: Swift (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds..

Insectivorous :: Insectivorous (a.) Feeding or subsisting on insects; carnivorous.

Banxring :: Banxring (n.) An East Indian insectivorous mammal of the genus Tupaia.

Sarcophaga :: Sarcophaga (n. pl.) A suborder of carnivorous and insectivorous marsupials including the dasyures and the opossums.

Tody :: Tody (n.) Any one of several species of small insectivorous West Indian birds of the genus Todus. They are allied to the kingfishers.

Carabid :: Carabid (n.) One of the Carabidae, a family of active insectivorous beetles..

Bat :: Bat (n.) One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Cheiroptera and Vampire..

Goatsucker :: Goatsucker (n.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europaeus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk..

Chilopoda :: Chilopoda (n. pl.) One of the orders of myriapods, including the centipeds. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to each segment; well developed jaws; and a pair of thoracic legs converted into poison fangs. They are insectivorous, very active, and some species grow to the length of a foot..

Insectivorous :: Insectivorous (a.) plants which have some special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia, etc..

Zoophaga :: Zoophaga (n. pl.) An artificial group comprising various carnivorous and insectivorous animals.

Agouta :: Agouta (n.) A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Hayti..

Desman :: Desman (n.) An amphibious, insectivorous mammal found in Russia (Myogale moschata). It is allied to the moles, but is called muskrat by some English writers..

Titmouse :: Titmouse (n.) Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing birds belonging to Parus and allied genera; -- called also tit, and tomtit..

Vespertilio :: Vespertilio (n.) A genus of bats including some of the common small insectivorous species of North America and Europe.

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