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paedophagous

paedophagous adjective: feeding off eggs or larvae.

Adjective

paedophagous (not comparable)

  1. Feeding off eggs or larvae.

Origin of paedophagous

From paedo- + -phagous.

Questions about paedophagous

What does paedophagous mean?
Paedophagous means feeding off eggs or larvae.
What part of speech is paedophagous?
Paedophagous is an adjective.

Words near paedophagous in the dictionary

  1. paedomorphy
  2. paedopandering
  3. paedopathy
  4. paedophage
  5. paedophages
  6. paedophagous
  7. paedophagy
  8. paedophile
  9. paedophile-phobia
  10. paedophilephobia
  11. paedophiles

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