vor-, vora-, -vore, -vorous, -vores, -vora, -vory
(Latin: eat, eating; consume, consuming; ingest, ingesting; devour, devouring; feeding on)
insectivorous
1. Feeding or subsisting on insects, adapted to feeding on insects.
2. An animal or plant that eats insects.
These insectivorous birds are examples of insectivory consumers.
2. An animal or plant that eats insects.
Plants that have specialized leaves or leaf parts capable of trapping and digesting insects; such as, the Venus's flytrap, the pitcher plants, and the sundews.
Insectivorous bat populations adversely impacted by white-nose syndrome (WSN) and wind turbines, may be worth billions of dollars to North American agriculture.
insectivory (adjective)
lactivore
lactivorous
Feeding on or consuming milk as a source of food.
lactivory (adjective)
larvivore
larvivorous
Feeding on, or eating, larvae.
larvivory (adjective)
leguminivore
leguminivorous
Eating beans, peas, and other legumes.
leguminivory (adjective)
lichenivore
lichenivorous
Feeding on lichen as a source of food.
lichenivory (adjective)
lignivore
Related "eat, eating" word units: brycho-; esculent-; esophago-; glutto-; phago-.
Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "food, nutrition, nourishment": alimento-; broma-; carno-; cibo-; esculent-; sitio-; tropho-; Eating Crawling Snacks; Eating: Carnivorous-Plant "Pets"; Eating: Folivory or Leaf Eaters; Eating: Omnivorous.
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