About The Word Insectivorous
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Insectivorous
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What's The Definition Of Insectivorous?
[adj] (of animals and plants) feeding on insects
Synonyms | Synonyms for Insectivorous: apivorous | myrmecophagous Related Terms | Find terms related to Insectivorous: cannibal | cannibalistic | carnivorous | commensal | dietetic | dining | eating | feeding | flesh-eating | fruitarian | gastronomic | gluttonous | grain-eating | graminivorous | granivorous | grass-eating | herbivorous | insect-eating | lactovegetarian | man-eating | meat-eating | mensal | nourishing | nutritious | omnivorous | omophagous | pantophagous | phytivorous | phytophagous | plant-eating | postprandial | prandial | predacious | preprandial | vegetable-eating | vegetarian See Also | Insectivorous In Webster's Dictionary \In`sec*tiv"o*rous\, 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 to many bats, birds, and
reptiles.
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