(a.) Feeding or subsisting on insects; carnivorous.
(a.) plants which have some special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia, etc.
(a.) the Insectivora, and to many bats, birds, and reptiles.
Example Sentences:
(1) The second molars of insectivorous species were found to parallel closely those of leaf-eating species.
(2) Of 142 rodents and 3 insectivores studied, 37 (26%) were seropositive for IFA.
(3) These species approach condylarths and leptictid and erinaceoid insectivores in structure.
(4) Golgi impregnation of projection cells and most local-circuit neurons of layers III-VI suggests a relatively well-developed isocortex in this insectivore.
(5) Regular chewing was studied in the specialized Malagasy insectivore Tenrec ecaudatus with the aid of precisely correlated electromyography of the main adductors, digastrics, and two hyoid muscles and cineradiography for which metallic markers were placed in the mandibles, tongue, and hyoid bone.
(6) Although the final hosts of these species of Sarcocystis are not known, it is quite possible that man, monkeys, and perhaps the moonrat (an insectivore) may serve as common intermediate hosts for one or several species of Sarcocystis.
(7) Linear regression analyses against log body weight were performed on these data (log translated), along with data (except SCA) from the literature for insectivores and primates.
(8) The data were expressed in terms of progression indices which estimate how many times a given brain center is greater than that of a Basal Insectivore of the same body weight.
(9) Conditions of foliage forests with high grass, where occur hosts of all developmental phases of ticks (elks, hares, rodents, insectivores), are most favourable for I. persulcatus.
(10) Contrary to what one may expect from an insectivore, CP smell pleasant and faintly of honey.
(11) In insectivores and chiroptera the loops of the inner three-dimensional capillary network are stretched along the longitudinal axis of the organ.
(12) Methodological difficulties relating to feeding trials on first generation offspring of insectivorous small mammals caught in the wild are described.
(13) Thus, the VPo of man is more than 9 times larger than that of isoponderous average prosimians, and more than 230 times larger than that of isoponderous "basal' insectivores.
(14) The nasopharyngeal duct of Tupaia glis was studied and compared with other Primates and some Insectivores.
(15) Semi-fossorial species among rodents and insectivores are scratch-diggers.
(16) It was used to establish that the dark gut contents of individuals of five genera of insectivorous midges (Ceratopogonidae) was not blood.
(17) The present investigation reports light and electron microscopical aspects of the main olfactory epithelium (MOE) of the insectivorous bat Scotophilus heathi.
(18) From 1989-1991, the concentrations of heavy metals and selenium were studied in the feathers of fledgling cattle egrets Bubulcus ibis, a terrestrially-feeding insectivore, from New York and Delaware in the northeastern United States, from Puerto Rico, and from Egypt.
(19) The high frequency harmonics of the male cricket's natural calling song overlap the lower frequency range used by insectivorous bats (10-20 kHz) and are loud enough to elicit avoidance behavior in a flying female as she closely approaches a singing male (Fig.
(20) In tupaias, rat-sized mammals with phylogenetic affinities to insectivores and primates, gallstones can be induced by diet.
Thunderbird
Definition:
(n.) An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher.
Example Sentences:
(1) In their distinctive Thunderbirds-style light-blue uniforms with red trim the Artane Boys Band are icons of Irish music.
(2) Almost ten years ago, we saw a crew of puppets setting out to save the world in the Thunderbirds-style comedy Team America: World Police .
(3) Preamble: What if Kim Jong-il has spent the last few decades in his fiendish lair devising not nuclear weapons, invisible pulse rifles and Thunderbird suits, but a fleet of crack footballers who only now are about to be unleashed on an unsuspecting world?
(4) Take Cranfield Professor Ian Poll, who gave an interview in 2008 propounding a nuclear powered airliner à la Thunderbirds.
(5) Background: Nicknamed Brains after the Thunderbird character by Alastair Campbell in reference to his geeky nature, Miliband was branded a strong Blairite following his seven years as policy chief for Tony Blair – both in opposition and after Blair became prime minister.
(6) I don't know what they're singing, but part of it sounds like the Thunderbirds theme tune.
(7) A transatlantic UAV flight within five years, according to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology What the advocates say: "Still a long way from being the primary energy source for the propulsion of commercial aircraft", DLR (the German Aerospace Centre) GOING NUCLEAR Thunderbirds are Go?
(8) How it works: Small onboard nuclear reactor delivers power to engines State of play: Provocative suggestion as post-2050 solution for powering commercial airliners Latest action: Idea floated by Cranfield Professor Ian Poll in October 2008; previously researched by US and Soviet sides during the Cold War in the hope of keeping bombers airborne without refuelling, and featured on fictional nuclear airliner in the cult 1965 TV animation Thunderbirds Downsides: Practicality, image, radioactive shielding, accident risk, vulnerability to terrorism, nuclear proliferation Likeliest prospects: Idea that refuses to die The vision?
(9) Perhaps they were paying Conservative HQ back for airbrushing their own leader into a non-credible Thunderbird?
(10) The newly appointed secretary of state for culture, media and sport is a devotee of Star Trek and Thunderbirds and a heavy metal fan known to sing karaoke versions of Smoke on the Water and Bat out of Hell.
(11) This remark recalled the kind of messaging that turned the brilliant, warm Julia Gillard into a bogan Thunderbird.
(12) Also Thursday, the pilot of a US Air Force Thunderbird ejected safely into a Colorado field, crashing the fighter jet moments after flying over a crowd watching Barack Obama’s commencement address for Air Force cadets.
(13) Some might see her and Brooke as the Thelma and Louise of a coalition, driving over the cliff towards electoral defeat, she said, but this would not be the case "because unlike a 1966 Thunderbird, the coalition is right-hand drive".
(14) But this remark recalled the kind of loathed campaign messaging that turned the brilliant, funny and warm Julia Gillard into a bogan Thunderbird for nearly her entire time as prime minister.
(15) The Lib Dems have targeted airbrushing ( a topical theme as David Cameron was mocked for looking like a "non-credible Thunderbird" in a poster campaign) to "help protect children and young people from developing negative body images".
(16) If Gmail users could only send email to other Gmail users, and my Thunderbird desktop email software could only send to others using the same package, email would soon turn into a monopoly controlled by one company.