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entomophile

entomophile adjective: being transported by insects, rather than carried on the air.

Adjective

entomophile (not comparable)

  1. Being transported by insects, rather than carried on the air.
  2. Having such pollen.

Noun

entomophile (plural entomophiles)

  1. A flower whose pollen is transported by insects, rather than carried on the air.
  2. A person who likes insects.
    • We're not like the entomophiles who harbor spiders as housemates or derive sexual satisfaction from the tickling of ants. And we're certainly not crazy entomophobes who run panic-stricken into the streets upon encountering a cockroach […]2013, Jeffrey Lockwood, The Infested Mind: Why Humans Fear, Loathe, and Love Insects

Forms of entomophile

pluralentomophiles

Origin of entomophile

From entomo- + -phile; hence literally “insect-loving”.

Questions about entomophile

What does entomophile mean?
Entomophile means being transported by insects, rather than carried on the air.
What part of speech is entomophile?
Entomophile can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near entomophile in the dictionary

  1. entomophagans
  2. entomophagia
  3. entomophagic
  4. entomophagous
  5. entomophagy
  6. entomophile
  7. entomophiles
  8. entomophilia
  9. entomophilic
  10. entomophilous
  11. entomophily

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