pollinator

English

Etymology

From pollinate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɒlɪˌneɪtə(ɹ)/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

pollinator (plural pollinators)

1. (biology) the agent that pollinates a plant; often an insect

   Hyponyms: bee, butterfly

2. the plant that is the source of pollen for cross-pollination

Translations

agent

• Breton: pollener m
• Catalan: pol·linitzador m
• Czech: opylovač (cs) m
• Dutch: bestuiver m
• Finnish: pölyttäjä (fi)
• French: pollinisateur (fr) m
• Galician: polinizador (gl) m
• Georgian: დამამტვერიანებელი (damamṭverianebeli), პოლინატორი (ṗolinaṭori)
• German: Bestäuber (de) m
• Greek: επικονιαστής (el) m (epikoniastís)
• Italian: impollinatore m
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: perîner

• Polish: zapylacz m
• Portuguese: polinizador m
• Spanish: polinizador (es) m

source of pollen

• Finnish: pölyttäjä (fi)

Anagrams

• Trollopian