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Meanings of insectivory in English

The consumption of insects as food by other animals.

        Synonyms
        Examples for "entomophagy"
        Examples for "entomophagy"
        1
        The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has championed entomophagy - the eating of insects.
        Radio NZ
        2
        That could go a long way towards addressing one of the biggest criticisms facing the entomophagy movement.
        Wired
        3
        The insect authorities assembling in Ede believe that entomophagy could be an elegant solution to many of these problems.
        The Guardian
        4
        One solution could be entomophagy.
        Wired
        5
        But entomophagy has never caught on in the West, despite years of advocacy by activists, foodies, and the United Nations.
        Wired
        Usage of insectivory in English
        1
        A Brownian model with varying rates for insectivory versus all other diets was the most likely evolutionary model.
        Pubmed
        2
        De Vries, for his part, repeated and extended many of Darwin's experiments on the physiological basis of movement and insectivory in several species.
        The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
        Insectivory through the time