Insectivorous

/ˌɪnsɛkˈtɪv(ə)ɹəs/

Synonyms for "insectivorous" (45 found)

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dietary habitfeeding pattern

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insectivorous birdinsectivorous mammalinsectivorous plant

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insectivorous birdinsectivorous dietinsectivorous mammalinsectivorous plantmore insectivorousmost insectivorous

Inflections

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more insectivorousmost insectivorous

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Antonyms

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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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