insectivorous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Feeding on insects.
Capable of trapping and absorbing insects; such as the sundew, pitcher plant and Venus flytrap.

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From Latin insectum (“insect”) and -vorus, from vorō (“to eat”), equivalent to insectivore + -ous or insect + -i- + -vorous.

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