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insectivorous
[ in-sek-tiv-er-uhs ]
adjective
- feeding on insects, especially when they constitute the entire diet, as in the case of many arachnids, birds, and small mammals.
- Botany. having specialized leaves or leaf parts capable of trapping and digesting insects, as the Venus flytrap, the pitcher plants, and the sundews.
insectivorous
/ ˌɪԲɛˈɪəə /
adjective
- feeding on or adapted for feeding on insects
insectivorous plants
- of or relating to the order Insectivora
Usage Note
Other 51Թ Forms
- ··پ·· noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of insectivorous1
Example Sentences
The insectivorous bats are thought to play a key role in the surrounding ecosystems, eating crop pests and controlling disease-bearing mosquitoes.
"We think bats probably evolved from a small, tree-dwelling, insectivorous mammal," Jones said.
In Europe, parallel declines of insectivorous swallows, house martins and swifts have all been linked to insect declines.
Despite their reputation as ferocious predators, which they certainly could be, they were normally “frugivorous and insectivorous,” as Roosevelt put it in The Times.
The main thing is the species that we’re getting: the regular nets are missing a lot of the insectivorous bats that we normally see very rarely.
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