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endophagic

endophagic adjective: that feeds indoors.

Adjective

endophagic (not comparable)

  1. (particularly of mosquitos) That feeds indoors
    • ITNs would be most effective against endophagic vectors that feed primarily late at night while IRS would be most effective against primarily endophilic vectors that spend a significant portion of their adult lives resting inside houses.2016 January 6, “The Effect of Indoor Residual Spraying on the Prevalence of Malaria Parasite Infection, Clinical Malaria and Anemia in an Area of Perennial Transmission and Moderate Coverage of...

Antonyms of endophagic

Origin of endophagic

From endo- + -phagic.

Words that rhyme with endophagic

Questions about endophagic

What does endophagic mean?
Endophagic means that feeds indoors.
What part of speech is endophagic?
Endophagic is an adjective.

Words near endophagic in the dictionary

  1. endoperoxide
  2. endoperoxides
  3. endoperoxidic
  4. endophage
  5. endophages
  6. endophagic
  7. endophagocytic
  8. endophagocytosis
  9. endophagosome
  10. endophagosomes
  11. endophagous

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