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foliophagy

foliophagy noun: the eating of leaves.

Noun

foliophagy (uncountable)

  1. The eating of leaves.

Origin of foliophagy

From Latin folium (“leaf”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).

Questions about foliophagy

What does foliophagy mean?
Foliophagy means the eating of leaves.
What part of speech is foliophagy?
Foliophagy is a noun.

Words near foliophagy in the dictionary

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

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