Insectivorous (Adjective)
Meaning
(of animals and plants) feeding on insects.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The insectivorous lizard darted its tongue in and out of its mouth, catching unsuspecting flies in mid-air.
- The pitcher plant is an insectivorous species that obtains essential nutrients by trapping and digesting insects.
- Bats are insectivorous mammals that use echolocation to locate and devour insects in the dark.
- The insectivorous frog's sticky tongue allowed it to catch a wide variety of insects, from mosquitoes to moths.
- The sundew is an insectivorous plant that captures and digests insects using its leaves covered in sticky droplets of glue-like substance.