Invasivore

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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"“Invasivore” diets were increasingly encouraged as a hopeful means of controlling unwanted species like lionfish, Asian carp, and green mitten crabs."

Etymology

From invasi(ve) + -vore.

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invasive species

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