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macrophagous

macrophagous adjective: that feeds on relatively large particles or prey.

Adjective

macrophagous (not comparable)

  1. That feeds on relatively large particles or prey.

Origin of macrophagous

From macro- + -phagous.

Questions about macrophagous

What does macrophagous mean?
Macrophagous means that feeds on relatively large particles or prey.
What part of speech is macrophagous?
Macrophagous is an adjective.

Words near macrophagous in the dictionary

  1. macrophagial
  2. macrophagic
  3. macrophagocyte
  4. macrophagocytes
  5. macrophagocytic
  6. macrophagous
  7. macrophagy
  8. macrophallic
  9. macrophallically
  10. macrophallism
  11. macrophallus

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