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bibliophages

bibliophages is the plural of bibliophage.

Meaning of bibliophage

Noun

bibliophage (plural bibliophages)

  1. (figuratively) A person who loves to read books; a bookworm.
    • Janet loved reading. She was a real bibliophage.
  2. A creature that consumes books’ physical contents.
    • Once inside, they begin to mine; there may be apparently nothing wrong outside, but when you open the book you find a hollow filled with insects, which have eaten almost all the letterpress, up to the margins. By keeping the shelves away from the walls and giving a little attention to wormy...1887, James Rodway, Timehri, volume I, page 306

Questions about bibliophages

What is bibliophages the plural of?
Bibliophages is the plural of bibliophage.

Words near bibliophages in the dictionary

  1. bibliopegistic
  2. bibliopegistical
  3. bibliopegists
  4. bibliopegy
  5. bibliophage
  6. bibliophages
  7. bibliophagic
  8. bibliophagist
  9. bibliophagists
  10. bibliophagous
  11. bibliophagy

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