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cactophilic

cactophilic adjective: adapted to live on cacti.

Adjective

cactophilic (not comparable)

  1. Adapted to live on cacti
  2. Relating to cactophily

Origin of cactophilic

From cacto- + -philic.

Words formed from cactophilic

Questions about cactophilic

What does cactophilic mean?
Cactophilic means adapted to live on cacti.
What part of speech is cactophilic?
Cactophilic is an adjective.

Words near cactophilic in the dictionary

  1. cactoid
  2. cactoids
  3. cactomania
  4. cactophile
  5. cactophiles
  6. cactophilic
  7. cactophily
  8. cactus
  9. cactus cat
  10. cactus cats
  11. cactus deermice

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