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sapromycetophagous

sapromycetophagous adjective: that lives in decaying matter and feeds on fungi within.

Adjective

sapromycetophagous (not comparable)

  1. That lives in decaying matter and feeds on fungi within

Origin of sapromycetophagous

From sapro- + mycetophagous.

Questions about sapromycetophagous

What does sapromycetophagous mean?
Sapromycetophagous means that lives in decaying matter and feeds on fungi within.
What part of speech is sapromycetophagous?
Sapromycetophagous is an adjective.

Words near sapromycetophagous in the dictionary

  1. saprolegnoid
  2. saprolignicolous
  3. saprolite
  4. saprolites
  5. saprolitic
  6. sapromycetophagous
  7. sapromycetophagy
  8. sapromycophagous
  9. sapromyzid
  10. sapromyzids
  11. sapronoses

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