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Definition of Insectivorous
1. Adjective. (of animals and plants) feeding on insects.
Similar to: Apivorous, Myrmecophagous
Antonyms: Carnivorous, Herbivorous, Omnivorous
Derivative terms: Insectivore, Insectivore
Definition of Insectivorous
1. a. Feeding or subsisting on insects; carnivorous.
Definition of Insectivorous
1. Adjective. feeding on insects ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a plant) capable of trapping and absorbing insects; such as the sundew, pitcher plant and Venus flytrap ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Insectivorous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Insectivorous
1. Describes an animal or plant that eats insects. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Insectivorous
Literary usage of Insectivorous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1863)
"Migratory, common ; insectivorous. Very active in searching for their ...
Summer resident, very rare ; insectivorous. " It has all the habits of a true ..."
2. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1897)
"[A List of the insectivorous Birds of New South Wales. By Alfred J. North, ...
He divides such birds into three groups: (1) those exclusively insectivorous ..."
3. Legislation for the Protection of Birds Other Than Game Birds by Theodore Sherman Palmer (1900)
"It seems hardly necessary to call attention to the insectivorous habits of robins
... insectivorous AND SONG BIRDS. An examination of the various State laws ..."
4. Geology of Wisconsin: Survey of 1873-1879 by Wisconsin Chief Geologist (1883)
"We need a greater abundance of insectivorous birds than we have at present, but
it hab not been demonstrated that a wholesale destruction of all our birds ..."
5. Chapters in Modern Botany by Patrick Geddes (1893)
"Besides those insectivorous plants which we have already studied under the general
... It was the first of the insectivorous plants to attract attention, ..."
6. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1880)
"It seems that this bird is purely insectivorous and does not live upon grain .or seeds
at nil, unless it cannot get insects, grubs, or worms. Prof. ..."
7. Scientific Papers of Asa Gray by Asa Gray (1889)
"DARWIN'S insectivorous PLANTS.1 THIS long expected work appeared last autumn,
was immediately reprinted by the American publishers, and before this time has ..."
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