insectivorous

/ˌˈɪnˈsɛkˌˈtɪvərəs/

Definitions of insectivorous

1. adjective

   (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

   relating to or describing organisms that feed on animals

   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