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invasivore

invasivore noun: a person who makes a point of eating invasive species in an effort to reduce their ecological impact.

Noun

invasivore (plural invasivores)

  1. A person who makes a point of eating invasive species in an effort to reduce their ecological impact.
    • “Invasivore” diets were increasingly encouraged as a hopeful means of controlling unwanted species like lionfish, Asian carp, and green mitten crabs.2012, Larry Perez, Snake in the Grass: An Everglades Invasion, Pineapple Press, →ISBN, page 97
    • Grab your shotgun and your frying pan, and let Eating Aliens be your guide to becoming the ultimate invasivore!2012, Matthew Weingarten, quoted on praise page of Jackson Landers, Eating Aliens: One Man's Adventures Hunting Invasive Animal Species, Storey Publishing (2012), unnumbered page

Forms of invasivore

pluralinvasivores

Origin of invasivore

From invasi(ve) + -vore.

Questions about invasivore

What does invasivore mean?
Invasivore means a person who makes a point of eating invasive species in an effort to reduce their ecological impact.
What part of speech is invasivore?
Invasivore is a noun.
What is the plural of invasivore?
The plural of invasivore is invasivores.

Words near invasivore in the dictionary

  1. invasively
  2. invasiveness
  3. invasives
  4. invasivities
  5. invasivity
  6. invasivore
  7. invasivores
  8. invasivorism
  9. invasivorisms
  10. invasome
  11. invasomes

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