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anthrophilic

anthrophilic adjective: thriving in the presence of humans.

Adjective

anthrophilic (comparative more anthrophilic, superlative most anthrophilic)

  1. Thriving in the presence of humans.
    • Domestication and the evolution of anthrophilic traits in houseflies and some drosophilids have allowed certain species to attain cosmopolitan status.2005, David K. Yeates, Brian M. Wiegmann, The Evolutionary Biology of Flies, page 372

Forms of anthrophilic

comparativemore anthrophilic
superlativemost anthrophilic

Origin of anthrophilic

From anthro- + -philic.

Questions about anthrophilic

What does anthrophilic mean?
Anthrophilic means thriving in the presence of humans.
What part of speech is anthrophilic?
Anthrophilic is an adjective.

Words near anthrophilic in the dictionary

  1. anthropauses
  2. anthropectomy
  3. anthropedoturbation
  4. anthropeia
  5. anthrophilia
  6. anthrophilic
  7. anthrophobe
  8. anthrophobes
  9. anthrophobia
  10. anthrophonic
  11. anthrophony

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