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nectarivore, n. Zool.|nɛkˈtærɪvɔː(r)|
[f. nectarivorous a., after carnivore n., etc.]
A nectarivorous animal.
1975Ecology LVI. 851/1 Several species of bats not usually considered as nectarivores..appear to rely heavily on nectar as a food source in the dry season. 1976D. R. Wells in Medway & Wells Birds of Malay Peninsula V. i. 9 Among nectarivores of Lowland forest, patterns of dispersion are poorly known. 1984J. E. Hill Bats v. 67 The phyllostomid nectarivores may also include insects in their diets..taken in accidentally just because they happen to be inside the flowers at the time of the bat's visit. |