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The answer INSECTIVOROUS has 5 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of insectivorous in various dictionaries:
adj - (of animals and plants) feeding on insects
Feeding on insects.
Botany.
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| Possible Crossword Clues |
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| Like, eg, anteaters |
| Our visits once turned on such as John the Baptist |
| Eating bugs |
| Fly in for a meal, being so? |
| Eating 12, for example, irons out vices weirdly |
| Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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| May 29 2017 The Times - Concise |
| Jul 6 2011 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
| Jul 28 2010 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
| Mar 28 2005 The Times - Cryptic |
| Mar 22 2005 The Times - Concise |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
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| (of an animal) feeding on insects, worms, and other invertebrates. |
| (of animals and plants) feeding on insects |
| Feeding on insects. |
| Botany Capable of trapping and absorbing insects, as the pitcher plant. |
| Insectivorous description |
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An insectivore is a carnivorous plant or animal that eats insects. An alternative term is entomophage, which also refers to the human practice of eating insects. * The first insectivorous vertebrates were amphibians. When they evolved 400 million years ago, the first amphibians were piscivores, with numerous sharp conical teeth, much like a modern crocodile. The same tooth arrangement is however also suited for eating animals with exoskeletons, thus the ability to eat insects is an extension of piscivory.At one time, insectivorous mammals were scientifically classified in an order called Insectivora. This order is now abandoned, as not all insectivorous mammals are closely related. Most of the Insectivora taxa have been reclassified; those that have not yet been reclassified remain in the order Eulipotyphla. * Although individually small, insects exist in enormous numbers - they number over a million described species and some of those species occur in enormous numbers. Accordingly, insec |