| 单词 | insectivorous |
| 释义 | insectivorous (once / 22906 pages) adj WORD FAMILY insectivore: insectivores, insectivorous USAGE EXAMPLESMedellín also studies this little-known, endemic, and insectivorous species. National Geographic(Sep 21, 2016) When young, Jeff would challenge himself to define a word, chasing it down through the dictionary: Fishwife to shrew to shrewmouse to insectivorous to vorous. Los Angeles Times(Apr 29, 2016) The team wrote: "We estimate that the suppression of herbivory by insectivorous bats is worth more than US$1bn globally on this crop alone." BBC(Sep 14, 2015) adj (of animals and plants) feeding on insects Syn|Ant apivorous feeding on bees myrmecophagousfeeding on ants carnivorous (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals herbivorousfeeding only on plants omnivorousfeeding on both plants and animals flesh-eating, meat-eating, zoophagous(of animals) carnivorous piscivorousfeeding on fishes predaceous, predacioushunting and killing other animals for food anthophagous, anthophilousfeeding on flowers baccivorousfeeding on berries carpophagous, fruit-eatingfeeding on fruit grass-eatingfeeding 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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