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# pollinator

«pollinator» in Mova's school dictionary: **an animal, usually an insect like a bee, butterfly or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a pollinator, pollinators)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A pollinator is an animal, usually an insect like a bee, butterfly or moth, that carries pollen from one flower to another so the plant can make seeds and fruit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollinator/#m1)

2) Some birds (like hummingbirds), bats and even the wind can act as pollinators. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollinator/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on plants and life cycles, pollinators are vital: without them, many fruits and vegetables would not grow. In environment lessons, pollinators like bees are in danger from loss of wildflowers and pesticides, so schools plant bee-friendly gardens. Phrases: «pollinator garden», «important pollinators», «attract pollinators».

### examples

- Bees are the best-known pollinators. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollinator/#x1)
- Hummingbirds are pollinators in the Americas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollinator/#x2)
- We planted lavender to attract pollinators. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollinator/#x3)
- Without pollinators, there would be far fewer apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollinator/#x4)
- Moths are night-time pollinators. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollinator/#x5)
- Pesticides can harm pollinators. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollinator/#x6)
- Our school made a pollinator garden by the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollinator/#x7)

### note

Countable noun. Related: pollen (the yellow powder), pollinate (verb), pollination (the process). The wind is sometimes called a pollinator, but usually the word means animals.

### In the corpora

- [Apples, almonds, strawberries and coffee all need pollinators.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/291-bees-worms-and-soil-the-hidden-helpers-of-our-food/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pollinator» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollinator/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.