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ornithophagous

ornithophagous adjective: that feeds on birds.

Adjective

ornithophagous (not comparable)

  1. That feeds on birds.
    • We investigated the presence of CNM in ornithophagous ticks from migrating birds.2015 July 25, “Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis in Ticks from Migrating Birds in Sweden”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of ornithophagous

From ornitho- + -phagous.

Questions about ornithophagous

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

Words near ornithophagous in the dictionary

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

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