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phytophagic

phytophagic is the alternative form of phytophagous.

Meaning of phytophagous

Adjective

phytophagous (comparative more phytophagous, superlative most phytophagous)

  1. Feeding on plants, herbivorous.
    Synonyms:
    plantivorous

Forms of phytophagic

comparativemore phytophagic
superlativemost phytophagic

Origin of phytophagic

From phyto- + -phagic.

Questions about phytophagic

What is phytophagic the alternative form of?
Phytophagic is the alternative form of phytophagous.

Words near phytophagic in the dictionary

  1. phytophagan
  2. phytophagans
  3. phytophage
  4. phytophageous
  5. phytophages
  6. phytophagic
  7. phytophagous
  8. phytophagy
  9. phytopharmaceutic
  10. phytopharmaceutical
  11. phytopharmaceuticals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phytophagic (page history and authors); phytophagous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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