insectivorous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin insectum (“insect”) and -vorus, from vorō (“to eat”).
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insectivorous (comparative more insectivorous, superlative most insectivorous)
- Feeding on insects.
- 2015 November 24, Patrick Barkham, “Pesticide may be reason butterfly numbers are falling in UK, says study”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Researchers in the Netherlands have linked neonicotinoids found in surface water to declines in insectivorous birds and there is widespread scientific evidence that neonicotinoids harm bees – reducing their ability to pollinate plants, for instance.
- (of a plant) Capable of trapping and absorbing insects; such as the sundew, pitcher plant and Venus flytrap.
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feeding on insects
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