apivorous

Thân thiện

A small bird is apivorous, catching bees in mid-air.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Feeding on bees: Describes an animal, typically a bird or insect, whose diet consists primarily of bees.

Usage

• The word apivorous is a technical, scientific term used primarily in zoology and entomology. It is not common in everyday conversation.
• It is used attributively (before a noun) to describe a species or an individual's feeding habit.
• Example: "The bird was observed catching bees in mid-air."

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The bee-eater is an apivorous species found across Europe, Africa, and Asia.
  • Researchers studied the apivorous habits of the robber fly.
  • An apivorous diet requires specialized hunting techniques to avoid being stung.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in formal scientific writing, such as research papers, field guides, and taxonomic descriptions.
• It can be part of compound descriptive terms in scientific contexts, e.g., "obligately apivorous" (must eat bees to survive).

Variants and Related Words

• Apivore (noun): An animal that feeds on bees.
  • The European bee-eater is a well-known apivore.

Synonyms

• Bee-eating: A more common, descriptive phrase with the same meaning.
  • The bee-eating bird perched on the wire.

Antonyms

• Melivorous: Feeding on honey.
• Herbivorous: Feeding on plants.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. feeding on bees