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ornithophagic

ornithophagic adjective: that feeds on birds.

Adjective

ornithophagic (not comparable)

  1. That feeds on birds
    • In the primary cycle of WN virus, ornithophagic mosquitoes, such as Cx. pipiens, feed on viremic birds (amplification hosts), become infected, and transmit WN virus to other amplification hosts.2001, Dennis J. White, West Nile Virus: Detection, Surveillance, and Control

Origin of ornithophagic

From ornitho- + -phagic.

Questions about ornithophagic

What does ornithophagic mean?
Ornithophagic means that feeds on birds.
What part of speech is ornithophagic?
Ornithophagic is an adjective.

Words near ornithophagic in the dictionary

  1. ornithonyms
  2. ornithonymy
  3. ornithophaenology
  4. ornithophage
  5. ornithophages
  6. ornithophagic
  7. ornithophagous
  8. ornithophagy
  9. ornithophile
  10. ornithophiles
  11. ornithophilia

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