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/fi lof"euh geuhs/, adj. Zool.(of an organism) feeding on leaves.[1865-70; PHYLLO- + -PHAGOUS, prob. on the model of NL Phyllophaga]
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Phyllophagous — Phyl*loph a*gous, a. (Zo[ o]l.) Substituting on leaves; leaf eating. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
phyllophagous — 1868, from PHYLLO (Cf. phyllo ) + PHAGOUS (Cf. phagous) … Etymology dictionary
phyllophagous — [fi läf′ə gəs] adj. [ PHYLLO + PHAGOUS] feeding on leaves … English World dictionary
phyllophagous — adj. feeding on leaves. * * * fə̇ˈläfəgəs adjective Etymology: probably from (assumed) New Latin phyllophagus, from New Latin phyll + phagus phagous : feeding on leaves * * * /fi lof euh geuhs/, adj. Zool. (of an organism) feeding on leaves.… … Useful english dictionary
phyllophagous — adj. [Gr. phyllon, leaf; phagein, to eat] Feeding upon leaf tissue … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
phyllophagous — leaf eating Feeding and Eating … Phrontistery dictionary
phyllophagous — phyl·loph·a·gous … English syllables
Feeding and Eating — Like many people, I enjoy eating perhaps too much so. This list of 113 words describes different things one could eat, although a human would have to be pretty desperate to eat lice or limestone. Then again, I ve eaten at McDonald s hundreds of… … Phrontistery dictionary
phylliform — a. leaf shaped. ♦ phylline, a. leaf like. ♦ phyllode ( /d), n. flattened stem functioning as leaf. ♦ phyllogenetic, a. pertaining to production of, or producing, leaves. ♦ phylloid, a. phylline. ♦ phyllomania, n. abnormal leaf… … Dictionary of difficult words
