[ adj ] (of animals and plants) feeding on insects <adj.all>
Insectivorous \In`sec*tiv"o*rous\, a. [See {Insectivora}.] Feeding or subsisting on insects; carnivorous. The term is applied: (a) to plants which have some special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia, etc. (b) to the Insectivora, and many bats, birds, and reptiles.