Pollinivore

Quick meaning: Pollinivore is a noun meaning (zoology) Any animal that feeds on pollen; a palynivore.

Meaning

(zoology) Any animal that feeds on pollen; a palynivore.

Example Sentences

Vittatina-type pollen grain from the gut of another pollinivore, Sojanidelia floralis Rasn., from the same locality, x1 200.

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.

Bats have a wide range of eating habits. There are species that feed on insects (insectivores), fruits (frugivores), vertebrates (carnivores), pollen and nectar (pollinivores/nectar-feeding), and blood (hematophages).

Adult pollen feeding is also highly probable for a number of Mesozoic polyphagan beetles (e.g., elaterids, buprestids, some cleroids) and some cupedoid archostematans. Thus by the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous the pollinivore guild was probably rich and diverse.

Word Forms

• pollinivores

Synonyms for pollinivore

Depending on context, synonyms include palynivore.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pollinivory, nectarivore, nectarivory, graminivore, faunivore, poecilopod.

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