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entomophily

/ɛntəˈmɒfəliː/

entomophily noun: pollination by insects.

Noun

entomophily (uncountable)

  1. pollination by insects
    • Petaly is apparently correlated with entomophily, and apetaly with anemophily.1899, John Merle Coulter, M. S. Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Botanical Gazette, volume 28, page 281
    Antonyms:
    petaly

entomophily meaning in Tamil

entomophily in Tamil

பூச்சிவழி மகரந்தச் சேர்க்கை

Antonyms of entomophily

Origin of entomophily

From entomo- + -phily.

Words formed from entomophily

Questions about entomophily

What does entomophily mean?
Entomophily means pollination by insects.
What is entomophily in Tamil?
Entomophily in Tamil is பூச்சிவழி மகரந்தச் சேர்க்கை. See Entomophily meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is entomophily?
Entomophily is a noun.
How do you pronounce entomophily?
Entomophily is pronounced /ɛntəˈmɒfəliː/.

Words near entomophily in the dictionary

  1. entomophile
  2. entomophiles
  3. entomophilia
  4. entomophilic
  5. entomophilous
  6. entomophily
  7. entomophobe
  8. entomophobes
  9. entomophobia
  10. entomophobias
  11. entomophobic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: entomophily (page history and authors); entomophily (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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