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phagomimicry

phagomimicry noun: the mimicking of food to the extent that it will generate a feeding response.

Noun

phagomimicry (uncountable)

  1. The mimicking of food to the extent that it will generate a feeding response.

Origin of phagomimicry

From phago- + mimicry.

Questions about phagomimicry

What does phagomimicry mean?
Phagomimicry means the mimicking of food to the extent that it will generate a feeding response.
What part of speech is phagomimicry?
Phagomimicry is a noun.

Words near phagomimicry in the dictionary

  1. phagolysosome
  2. phagolysosomes
  3. phagolytic
  4. phagomania
  5. phagomimetic
  6. phagomimicry
  7. phagomyxean
  8. phagomyxid
  9. phagomyxids
  10. phagophilia
  11. phagophobia

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