nectarivorousadj.
/ˌnɛktəˈrɪv(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˌnɛktəˈrɪv(ə)rəs/ Zoology.
Of an animal, esp. a bird: feeding on nectar.
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1898 Ann. Rep. Board of Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1896 421 The nectarivorous insects localize their action upon these nectaries.
1984 J. Blondel et al. in M. K. Hecht et al. Evol. Biol. XVIII. v. 167 We cannot think of nectarivorous birds as foraging on a ‘hard substrate’.
1992 D. J. Mabberley Trop. Rain Forest Ecol. (ed. 2) 153 As with the plants visited by nectarivorous birds, these plants provide a source of energy but not a whole diet.
2001 Animal Conservation 4 59 There was some evidence that frugivorous and nectarivorous species [of bat] are more affected by hurricane disturbance than insectivorous species.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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