adj
Meaning 1
Feeding on insects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
insectivorous
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adj
Meaning 2
Capable of trapping and absorbing insects; such as the sundew, pitcher plant and Venus flytrap.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
(of animals and plants) feeding on insects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous
History
Etymology
From Latin insectum (“insect”) and -vorus, from vorō (“to eat”), equivalent to insectivore + -ous or insect + -i- + -vorous.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: насякомае́дны (nasjakomajédny) — feeding on insects
- Catalan: insectívor — feeding on insects
- Czech: hmyzožravý — feeding on insects
- Dutch: insectenetend — feeding on insects
- Finnish: hyönteissyöjä — feeding on insects
- French: insectivore — feeding on insects
- Galician: insectívoro — feeding on insects
- Georgian: მწერიჭამია (mc̣erič̣amia) — feeding on insects
- German: insektenfressend — feeding on insects
- Greek: εντομοφάγος (entomofágos) — feeding on insects
- Hindi: कीटभक्षी (kīṭbhakṣī) — feeding on insects
- Hungarian: rovarevő — feeding on insects
- Irish: feithiditeach — feeding on insects
- Italian: insettivoro — feeding on insects
- Japanese: 食虫 (shokuchū) — feeding on insects
- Kazakh: жәндікқоректі (jändıkqorektı) — feeding on insects
- Polish: owadożerny — feeding on insects
- Portuguese: insectívoro — feeding on insects
- Portuguese: insetívoro — feeding on insects
- Romanian: insectivor — feeding on insects
- Russian: насекомоя́дный (nasekomojádnyj) — feeding on insects
- Spanish: insectívoro — feeding on insects
- Ukrainian: комахої́дний (komaxojídnyj) — feeding on insects
- Welsh: pryfysol — feeding on insects