insectivorous

1. 1.

   (of animals and plants) feeding on insects

   Antonymscarnivorousherbivorousomnivorous

   Similarapivorousmyrmecophagous

   animal · plant

Questions about insectivorous

What does insectivorous mean?

insectivorous means "(of animals and plants) feeding on insects".

How many syllables are in insectivorous?

insectivorous has 5 syllables: in-sec-tiv-o-rous. The stress falls on "tiv". In IPA it is /ˌɪnsɛkˈtɪvɚəs/.

What is the opposite of insectivorous?

The recorded antonyms are carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous.

Is insectivorous a common word?

insectivorous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.