INSECTIVOROUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(of animals and plants) feeding on insects

Classified under:

Adjectives

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)