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neophobics

neophobics is the plural of neophobic.

Meaning of neophobic

Noun

neophobic (plural neophobics)

  1. A person or animal that fears or dislikes new or novel experiences or food.
    • In unpublished work, P. E. Cowan finds Rattus rattus, like R. norvegicus, to be markedly neophobic. These commensal species have been compared with two Australian congeners, R. fuscipes and R. villosissimus, both largely independent of man and neither neophobic in the laboratory conditions in which...1963, S. A. Barnett, The Rat: A Study in Behavior, Transaction Publishers, →ISBN, page 48
    Synonyms:
    paleophobic
    Antonyms:
    paleophilic

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Questions about neophobics

What is neophobics the plural of?
Neophobics is the plural of neophobic.

Words near neophobics in the dictionary

  1. neophobe
  2. neophobes
  3. neophobia
  4. neophobias
  5. neophobic
  6. neophobics
  7. neophyl
  8. neophytadiene
  9. neophytal
  10. neophyte
  11. neophytes

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