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arachnophagous

arachnophagous adjective: spider-eating.

Adjective

arachnophagous (not comparable)

  1. Spider-eating.

Synonyms of arachnophagous

Origin of arachnophagous

From arachno- + -phagous. Piecewise doublet of araneophagous.

Questions about arachnophagous

What does arachnophagous mean?
Arachnophagous means spider-eating.
What part of speech is arachnophagous?
Arachnophagous is an adjective.

Words near arachnophagous in the dictionary

  1. arachnomorph
  2. arachnomorphs
  3. arachnophage
  4. arachnophages
  5. arachnophagic
  6. arachnophagous
  7. arachnophagy
  8. arachnophile
  9. arachnophiles
  10. arachnophilia
  11. arachnophobe

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