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entomophiles

entomophiles is the plural of entomophile.

Meaning of entomophile

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

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Questions about entomophiles

What is entomophiles the plural of?
Entomophiles is the plural of entomophile.

Words near entomophiles in the dictionary

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

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