ADJECTIVE | all | insectivorous | (of animals and plants) feeding on insects |
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Sounds | ihnsehktih'verahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | (of animals and plants) feeding on insects. | |
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Category | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | A living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
plant, flora, plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion | |
Narrower | apivorous | feeding on bees |
myrmecophagous | feeding on ants | |
Opposite | carnivorous | (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals |
herbivorous | feeding only on plants | |
omnivorous | feeding on both plants and animals | |
Spanish | insectívoro | |
Catalan | insectívor | |
Nouns | insectivore | small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial / terrestrial or fossorial mammals |
insectivore | any organism that feeds mainly on insects |
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