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a. [ See Festive. ] Pertaining to a feast; festive. [ R. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from L. insectum an insect + vorare to devour. ] (Zool.) 1. An order of mammals which feed principally upon insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A division of the Chiroptera, including the common or insect-eating bats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Insectivores [ F. ] (Zool.) One of the Insectivora. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Insectivora. ] Feeding or subsisting on insects; carnivorous. The term is applied: (a) to plants which have some special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia, etc. (b) to the Insectivora, and many bats, birds, and reptiles. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. See Motive, n. ] See Motive, n., 3, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + vocal. ] Signifying many different things; of manifold meaning; equivocal. “An ambiguous multivocal word.” Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- n. A multivocal word. [ R. ] Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Phyto- + L. vorare to eat greedily. ] Feeding on plants or herbage; phytophagous; as, phytivorous animals. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. ] (Mus.) Recitative. [ 1913 Webster ]