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(zoology) The eating of nectar, especially as a major part of the diet of a particular species of animal..
Lower dipteran adults are predominantly penetrative or surface fluid feeders, frequently expressed as nectarivory, which sometimes is combined with the consumption of pollen or vertebrate blood (Fig. 9.3).
Thus, nectarivory as a specialized diet is rare among parrot species and occurs in only a few isolated branches of the parrot phylogeny.
Use nectarivory when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Nectarivory means (zoology) The eating of nectar, especially as a major part of the diet of a particular species of animal..
Common synonyms include nectivory.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Lower dipteran adults are predominantly penetrative or surface fluid feeders, frequently expressed as nectarivory, which sometimes is combined with the consumption of pollen or vertebrate blood (Fig. 9.3).
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