“insectivorous”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

insectivorous

释义

insectivorous, a.|ɪnsɛkˈtɪvərəs|
[f. mod.L. insectivor-us + -ous: cf. carnivorous.]
Feeding on insects, insect-eating; applied to several groups of animals, as the Insectivora among mammals, and various birds, such as swallows; also to those plants which capture and absorb insects, as the sundew, Venus's fly-trap, etc.
1611Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. Introd., Birds, which are..Insectivorous, or feeding upon insects.1682Lister in Phil. Collect XII. 166 For this reason we see Insectivorous Birds so solicitous to kill Worms and all other sorts of Insects.1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1843) I. 221 Those [insects] which are insectivorous only in their larva state may be further subdivided into parasites and imparasites.1830Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 133 Small insectivorous mammifera, allied to the opossum.1874Lubbock Wild Flowers iv. 102, I cannot pass from this subject without mentioning another insectivorous plant, the genus Sarracenia.1875Darwin (title) Insectivorous Plants.

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