虫ちゅう媒ばい

noun

entomophily; insect pollination

Technical term in botany for pollination mediated by insects. Often used in compounds like 虫媒花 (insect-pollinated flower).

• 虫ちゅう媒ばいは、植しょく物ぶつが昆こん虫ちゅうを利り用ようして受じゅ粉ふんする仕し組くみです。

  Entomophily is a mechanism by which plants use insects for pollination.

• この花はなは虫ちゅう媒ばい花かで、ハチやチョウが花か粉ふんを運はこびます。

  This flower is insect-pollinated; bees and butterflies carry its pollen.