insectivorous

[in-sek-tiv-er-uhs]

in·sec·tiv·o·rous

[in-sek-tiv-er-uhs]
adjective
1.
adapted to feeding on insects.
2.
Botany. having specialized leaves or leaf parts capable of trapping and digesting insects, as the Venus's-flytrap, the pitcher plants, and the sundews.

Origin:
1655–65; < Neo-Latin insectivorus. See insect, -i-, -vorous
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Insectivorous is always a great word to know.
So is nonvascular plants. Does it mean:
plants without a xylem and phloem to transport fluid and nutrients internally
organisms having pairs of homologous chromosomes
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World English Dictionary
insectivorous (ˌɪnsɛkˈtɪvərəs)
 
adj
1.  feeding on or adapted for feeding on insects: insectivorous plants
2.  of or relating to the order Insectivora

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insectivore   (ĭn-sěk'tə-vôr')  Pronunciation Key 
  1. An animal or plant that feeds mainly on insects.

  2. Any of various small, usually nocturnal mammals of the order Insectivora that feed on insects and other invertebrates. Insectivores have long snouts and resemble rodents, but lack gnawing incisors. Moles, shrews, hedgehogs, and tenrecs are insectivores.


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