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mycetophagous

mycetophagous adjective: that feeds on fungi.

Adjective

mycetophagous (not comparable)

  1. That feeds on fungi

Origin of mycetophagous

From myceto- + -phagous.

Words formed from mycetophagous

Questions about mycetophagous

What does mycetophagous mean?
Mycetophagous means that feeds on fungi.
What part of speech is mycetophagous?
Mycetophagous is an adjective.

Words near mycetophagous in the dictionary

  1. mycetomous
  2. mycetophage
  3. mycetophages
  4. mycetophagid
  5. mycetophagids
  6. mycetophagous
  7. mycetophagy
  8. mycetophilid
  9. mycetophilids
  10. mycetopodid
  11. mycetopodids

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