Insectivorous

//ˌɪnsɛkˈtɪv(ə)ɹəs//

Synonyms for "insectivorous" (44 found)

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Translations

23 translations across 22 languages.

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Belarusian

1 entries
  • насякомае́дны adj (feeding on insects)

Catalan

1 entries
  • insectívor adj (feeding on insects)

Czech

1 entries
  • hmyzožravý adj (feeding on insects)

Dutch

1 entries
  • insectenetend adj (feeding on insects)

Finnish

1 entries
  • hyönteissyöjä adj (feeding on insects)

French

1 entries
  • insectivore adj (feeding on insects)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მწერიჭამია adj (feeding on insects)

German

1 entries
  • insektenfressend adj (feeding on insects)

Greek

1 entries
  • εντομοφάγος adj (feeding on insects)

Hindi

1 entries
  • कीटभक्षी adj (feeding on insects)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • rovarevő adj (feeding on insects)

Irish

1 entries
  • feithiditeach adj (feeding on insects)

Italian

1 entries
  • insettivoro adj (feeding on insects)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 食虫 adj (feeding on insects)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • жәндікқоректі adj (feeding on insects)

Polish

1 entries
  • owadożerny adj (feeding on insects)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • insectívoro adj (feeding on insects)
  • insetívoro adj (feeding on insects)

Romanian

1 entries
  • insectivor adj (feeding on insects)

Russian

1 entries
  • насекомоя́дный adj (feeding on insects)

Spanish

1 entries
  • insectívoro adj (feeding on insects)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • комахої́дний adj (feeding on insects)

Welsh

1 entries
  • pryfysol adj (feeding on insects)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The thrushes are largely insectivorous, and also are fond of spiders, myriapods, sowbugs, snails, and angleworms. The vegetable portion of their diet consists mostly of berries and other small fruits. As a family thrushes can not be called clean feeders, for the food eaten often contains a considerable proportion of such matter as dead leaves, stems, and other parts of more or less decayed vegetation.

Source: tatoeba (12193760)

Researchers in the Netherlands have linked neonicotinoids found in surface water to declines in insectivorous birds and there is widespread scientific evidence that neonicotinoids harm bees – reducing their ability to pollinate plants, for instance.

Source: wiktionary

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