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insectivorous

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insectivorous [in‚sek′tiv·ə·rəs]
(biology)
Feeding on a diet of insects.
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The effect on the insects must have been still greater, for six insectivorous birds were very common in the plantations, which were not to be seen on the heath; and the heath was frequented by two or three distinct insectivorous birds.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
I will spare you the familiar examples of the sensitive mimosa, the several insectivorous flowers and those whose stamens bend down and shake their pollen upon the entering bee in order that he may fertilize their distant mates.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
This is the tidbit which tempts his insectivorous fate.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
 
 
 
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