Thesaurus: insectivorous

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1. a. Feeding or subsisting on insects; carnivorous.
2. a. plants which have some special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia, etc.
3. a. the Insectivora, and to many bats, birds, and reptiles.
4. adj. (of animals and plants) feeding on insects
5. Feeding or subsisting on insects; carnivorous. The term is applied: (a) to plants which have some special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia, etc. (b) to the Insectivora, and to many bats, birds, and reptiles.
6. Feeding or subsisting on insects; carnivorous. The term isapplied: (a) to
7. j:100 a. (of animals and plants) feeding on insects