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INSECTIVOROUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of animals and plants) feeding on insects
Classified under:
Similar:
apivorous (feeding on bees)
myrmecophagous (feeding on ants)
Domain category:
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
Antonym:
carnivorous ((used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals)
herbivorous (feeding only on plants)
omnivorous (feeding on both plants and animals)
Derivation:
insectivore (any organism that feeds mainly on insects)
insectivore (small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals)
