insectivorousadj.

/ɪnsɛkˈtɪvərəs/

Etymology: < modern Latin insectivorus + -ous suffix: compare carnivorous.

Feeding on insects, insect-eating; applied to several groups of animals, as the Insectivora among mammals, and various birds, such as swallows; also to those plants which capture and absorb insects, as the sundew, Venus's fly-trap, etc.

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aphidivorous1828

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1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. A5^v Birds, which are..Insectivorous, or feeding upon insects.

1682 M. Lister in Philos. Coll. (Royal Soc.) No. 6. 166 For this reason we see Insectivorous Birds so solicitous to kill Worms and all other sorts of Insects.

1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. ix. 254 Those [insects] which are insectivorous only in their larva state, may be further subdivided into parasites and imparasites.

1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 133 Small insectivorous mammifera, allied to the opossum.

1874 J. Lubbock Wild Flowers iv. 102 I cannot pass from this subject without mentioning another insectivorous plant, the genus Sarracenia.

1875 Darwin (title) Insectivorous Plants.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	insectivorous
释义	insectivorousadj. /ɪnsɛkˈtɪvərəs/ Etymology: < modern Latin insectivorus + -ous suffix: compare carnivorous. Feeding on insects, insect-eating; applied to several groups of animals, as the Insectivora among mammals, and various birds, such as swallows; also to those plants which capture and absorb insects, as the sundew, Venus's fly-trap, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [adjective] > feeding on animal matter insectivorous1661 carnivorous1868 the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > carnivorous > feeding on insects insectivorous1661 vermivorous1704 aphidivorous1828 aphidiphagous1853 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. A5^v Birds, which are..Insectivorous, or feeding upon insects. 1682 M. Lister in Philos. Coll. (Royal Soc.) No. 6. 166 For this reason we see Insectivorous Birds so solicitous to kill Worms and all other sorts of Insects. 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. ix. 254 Those [insects] which are insectivorous only in their larva state, may be further subdivided into parasites and imparasites. 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 133 Small insectivorous mammifera, allied to the opossum. 1874 J. Lubbock Wild Flowers iv. 102 I cannot pass from this subject without mentioning another insectivorous plant, the genus Sarracenia. 1875 Darwin (title) Insectivorous Plants. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1661
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