pollinivore
Syllables: pol·lin·i·vore/pɒˈlɪnɪvɔː(ɹ)/US/pɑˈlɪnəvɔːɹ/
pollinivore noun: any animal that feeds on pollen; a palynivore.
Noun
pollinivore (plural pollinivores)
- Any animal that feeds on pollen; a palynivore.
- Vittatina-type pollen grain from the gut of another pollinivore, Sojanidelia floralis Rasn., from the same locality, x1 200.1997 May, Valentin A. Krassilov, “Environments”, in S. Golovach, L. Penev, editors, Angiosperm Origins: Morphological and Ecological Aspects, Sofia, Bulgaria: Pensoft Publishers, →ISBN, image...
- Insects visiting flowers of H. spinosa can be divided into two guilds: nectarivores (small flies and ants) and pollinivores (bees and hoverflies), which differ in pollination attributes.1999, Ecology Abstracts, volume 25, Bethesda, Md.: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 107
- Synonyms:
- palynivore
Examples of pollinivore in a sentence
- Thus by the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous the pollinivore guild was probably rich and diverse.2006, V. V. Zherikhin, “General Features of Insect History. Ecological History of Terrestrial Insects.”, in Alexandr P[avlovich] Rasnitsyn...
- There are species that feed on insects (insectivores), fruits (frugivores), vertebrates (carnivores), pollen and nectar (pollinivores/nectar-feeding), and blood (hematophages).2014, Gerardo Ceballos, Joaquín Arroyo Cabrales, David Vasquez, “Order Chiroptera”, in Gerardo Ceballos, editor, Mammals of Mexico...
- This parameter was measured to determine if A. m. adansonii is strictly a pollinivore, nectarivore or pollinivore and nectarivore.2015, Mazi Sanda, “Foraging and Pollination Behaviour of Apis mellifera adansonii Latreille (Hymenoptera, Apidae) on Gossypium hirsutum L....
Synonyms of pollinivore
Forms of pollinivore
| plural | pollinivores |
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Origin of pollinivore
From oblique stem of Latin pollen, pollinis + -i- + -vore.
Questions about pollinivore
- What does pollinivore mean?
- Pollinivore means any animal that feeds on pollen; a palynivore.
- How do you use pollinivore in a sentence?
- Thus by the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous the pollinivore guild was probably rich and diverse.
- What part of speech is pollinivore?
- Pollinivore is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pollinivore?
- Pollinivore is pronounced /pɒˈlɪnɪvɔː(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pollinivore?
- The plural of pollinivore is pollinivores.
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