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harpactophagous

harpactophagous adjective: predatory; catching other organisms to feed on them.

Adjective

harpactophagous (not comparable)

  1. Predatory; catching other organisms to feed on them.

Questions about harpactophagous

What does harpactophagous mean?
Harpactophagous means predatory; catching other organisms to feed on them.
What part of speech is harpactophagous?
Harpactophagous is an adjective.

Words near harpactophagous in the dictionary

  1. harp-player
  2. harp-players
  3. harpacticoid
  4. harpacticoids
  5. harpactocoid
  6. harpactophagous
  7. harpagide
  8. harpagiferid
  9. harpagiferids
  10. harpago
  11. harpagon

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