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geodephagous

geodephagous adjective: living in the earth; applied to the ground beetles.

Adjective

geodephagous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Living in the earth; applied to the ground beetles.
    • When I first searched for insects in the Transvaal, and in a valley beneath high cliffs, I was intensely surprised to find the stones turned over before my arrival. Being positively certain that no other geodephagous coleopterist was in the neighbourhood, I was somewhat inclined, like the Roman...1897 January, The Zoologist, volume 1, number 667, Notes on the Chacma Baboon

Origin of geodephagous

From geo- + translingual Adephaga + -ous.

Questions about geodephagous

What does geodephagous mean?
Geodephagous means living in the earth; applied to the ground beetles.
What part of speech is geodephagous?
Geodephagous is an adjective.

Words near geodephagous in the dictionary

  1. geode
  2. geodemographic
  3. geodemographically
  4. geodemographics
  5. geodemography
  6. geodephagous
  7. geodes
  8. geodesian
  9. geodesians
  10. geodesic
  11. geodesic dome

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