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malacophilous

malacophilous adjective: pollinated by snails or slugs.

Adjective

malacophilous (not comparable)

  1. pollinated by snails or slugs

Origin of malacophilous

From malaco- + -philous.

Questions about malacophilous

What does malacophilous mean?
Malacophilous means pollinated by snails or slugs.
What part of speech is malacophilous?
Malacophilous is an adjective.

Words near malacophilous in the dictionary

  1. malacology
  2. malaconotid
  3. malaconotids
  4. malacophagous
  5. malacophagy
  6. malacophilous
  7. malacophily
  8. malacophonous
  9. malacophyllous
  10. malacoplakia
  11. malacopterygian

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