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carpophagous

carpophagous adjective: fruit-eating.

Adjective

carpophagous (not comparable)

  1. fruit-eating.
    • carpophagous insect
    Synonyms:
    frugivorous

Synonyms of carpophagous

Origin of carpophagous

From carpo- + -phagous, from Ancient Greek.

Questions about carpophagous

What does carpophagous mean?
Carpophagous means fruit-eating.
What part of speech is carpophagous?
Carpophagous is an adjective.

Words near carpophagous in the dictionary

  1. carpooler
  2. carpoolers
  3. carpooling
  4. carpools
  5. carpopedal
  6. carpophagous
  7. carpophagy
  8. carpophore
  9. carpophores
  10. carpophyl
  11. carpophyll

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