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