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ectophagous

ectophagous adjective: that feeds on the external surface of its host.

Adjective

ectophagous (not comparable)

  1. That feeds on the external surface of its host

Antonyms of ectophagous

Origin of ectophagous

From ecto- + -phagous.

Questions about ectophagous

What does ectophagous mean?
Ectophagous means that feeds on the external surface of its host.
What part of speech is ectophagous?
Ectophagous is an adjective.

Words near ectophagous in the dictionary

  1. ectoparasitoses
  2. ectoparasitosis
  3. ectopeptidase
  4. ectopeptidases
  5. ectoperitrophic
  6. ectophagous
  7. ectophallic
  8. ectophallus
  9. ectophloic
  10. ectophosphatase
  11. ectophosphatases

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