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foliophagous

foliophagous adjective: feeding on leaves.

Adjective

foliophagous (not comparable)

  1. feeding on leaves

Origin of foliophagous

From Latin folium (“leaf”) + -phagous.

Questions about foliophagous

What does foliophagous mean?
Foliophagous means feeding on leaves.
What part of speech is foliophagous?
Foliophagous is an adjective.

Words near foliophagous in the dictionary

  1. foliolose
  2. foliolum
  3. foliomort
  4. foliophage
  5. foliophages
  6. foliophagous
  7. foliophagy
  8. folios
  9. foliose
  10. foliosely
  11. foliosity

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