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entomophobes

entomophobes is the plural of entomophobe.

Meaning of entomophobe

Noun

entomophobe (plural entomophobes)

  1. A person who fears or dislikes 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
    Synonyms:
    insectophobe

Questions about entomophobes

What is entomophobes the plural of?
Entomophobes is the plural of entomophobe.

Words near entomophobes in the dictionary

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

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