POLLINATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pollinator mean? 

• POLLINATOR (noun)
  The noun POLLINATOR has 1 sense:

1. an insect that carries pollen from one flower to another

  Familiarity information: POLLINATOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLLINATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An insect that carries pollen from one flower to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pollinator" is a kind of...):

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

Derivation:

pollinate (fertilize by transfering pollen)

 Context examples 

Over time, colonies have become even more susceptible, and viruses became among the chief threats to the important pollinators for crops on which people rely.

(Mushroom Extract Could Help Save Bees from Virus, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Plants have circadian rhythms that help them tell the time of day, preparing plants for photosynthesis prior to dawn, turning on heat-protection mechanisms before the hottest part of the day, and producing nectar when pollinators are most likely to visit.

(Plants can tell time even without a brain, University of Cambridge)