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insectivorous

DEFINITIONS OF: insectivorous

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adj (of animals and plants) feeding on insects

Synonyms
apivorous
feeding on bees
myrmecophagous
feeding on ants
Antonyms:
carnivorous
(used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals
herbivorous
feeding only on plants
omnivorous
feeding on both plants and animals
flesh-eating, meat-eating, zoophagous
(of animals) carnivorous
piscivorous
feeding on fishes
predaceous, predacious
hunting and killing other animals for food
anthophagous, anthophilous
feeding on flowers
baccivorous
feeding on berries
carpophagous, fruit-eating
feeding on fruit
grass-eating
feeding on grasses
phytophagic, phytophagous, phytophilous, plant-eating
(of animals) feeding on plants
saprophagous, saprozoic
(of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter
saprophytic
(of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter
all-devouring
(of animals) both plant-eating and flesh-eating
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