See Also: insectivorous(medicine)
insectivorous(dictionary)

insectivorous (iou)



insectivorous adjective. M17.
[from mod. Latin insectivorus (after Latin carnivorus CARNIVOROUS) + -OUS: see INSECT noun, -VOROUS.]
Feeding on insects; (of a plant) able to capture and digest insects (as the sundew, the Venus fly-trap, etc.).
insectivory noun the habit of feeding on insects L20.