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anthophagous

anthophagous adjective: that feeds on flowers.

Adjective

anthophagous (comparative more anthophagous, superlative most anthophagous)

  1. That feeds on flowers

Forms of anthophagous

comparativemore anthophagous
superlativemost anthophagous

Origin of anthophagous

From antho- + -phagous.

Questions about anthophagous

What does anthophagous mean?
Anthophagous means that feeds on flowers.
What part of speech is anthophagous?
Anthophagous is an adjective.

Words near anthophagous in the dictionary

  1. Anthonia
  2. Anthony
  3. Anthony over
  4. anthonyite
  5. anthood
  6. anthophagous
  7. anthophagy
  8. anthophile
  9. anthophiles
  10. anthophilia
  11. anthophilic

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