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Meanings of
insectivorous
in English
Catalan
insectívor
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(Of animals and plants) feeding on insects.
carnivorous
omnivorous
herbivorous
Related terms
apivorous
myrmecophagous
Catalan
insectívor
(For an animal) Feeding on insects.
entomophagous
Usage of
insectivorous
in English
1
Under ideal weather conditions, reclaimed wetlands can support healthy populations of
aerially
-
insectivorous
birds.
2
Bats are mostly
insectivorous
;
a few are fruit-eaters, such as our common flying-fox.
3
We began this series by
insectivorous
birds, and we had ended with them.
4
I have been working for some time on a special subject, namely
insectivorous
plants.
5
They include carnivorous, herbivorous, and
insectivorous
families, and their head-quarters appear to be Australia.
6
Life history predicted collisions; numbers of collisions were greatest for migratory,
insectivorous
,
and woodland-inhabiting species.
7
The Woodpeckers and their allied species, though
insectivorous
,
are not thus affected by the winter.
8
This is the tid-bit which tempts his
insectivorous
fate.
9
Desnoyers meanwhile had lowered his head a little, he knew perfectly well that
insectivorous
sound.
10
But the little
insectivorous
details that will not down!
11
The real use is, I doubt not, the protection the disguise affords against small
insectivorous
birds.
12
The dearth of
insectivorous
birds seriously affects the cultivation of a soil naturally bounteous to excess.
13
Their food is largely
insectivorous
:
grasshoppers, crickets, beetles, spiders, with seeds of grass especially for variety.
14
Conclusions: This study demonstrates the presence of several independent enzootics of rabies in
insectivorous
bats of Argentina.
15
These birds are
insectivorous
in their feeding habits, which of course also means that they are migratory.
16
This bat is found all over India; it is frugivorous exclusively, though some of this sub-order are
insectivorous
.
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insectivorous
Adjective
Frequent collocations
insectivorous birds
insectivorous plants
insectivorous bats
insectivorous species
exclusively insectivorous
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Translations for
insectivorous
Catalan
insectívor
Insectivorous
through the time