| a. | 1. | Feeding or subsisting on insects; carnivorous. |
| Adj. | 1. | insectivorous - (of animals and plants) feeding on insects Antonyms: carnivorous - (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals; "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects" herbivorous - feeding only on plants omnivorous - feeding on both plants and animals |