An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
INSECTIVOROUS
insectivorous
(adjective) (of animals and plants) feeding on insects
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
insectivorous (comparative more insectivorous, superlative most insectivorous)
Feeding on insects.
(of a plant) Capable of trapping and absorbing insects; such as the sundew, pitcher plant and Venus flytrap.
Source: Wiktionary
In`sec*tiv"o*rous, a. Etym: [See Insectivora.]
Definition: Feeding or subsisting on insects; carnivorous. The term is applied: (a) to
Definition: plants which have some special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia, etc. (b) to
Definition: the Insectivora, and to many bats, birds, and reptiles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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