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saprophytophagous

saprophytophagous adjective: that feeds on saprophytes.

Adjective

saprophytophagous (not comparable)

  1. That feeds on saprophytes

Origin of saprophytophagous

From saprophyte + -phagous.

Questions about saprophytophagous

What does saprophytophagous mean?
Saprophytophagous means that feeds on saprophytes.
What part of speech is saprophytophagous?
Saprophytophagous is an adjective.

Words near saprophytophagous in the dictionary

  1. saprophyte
  2. saprophytes
  3. saprophytic
  4. saprophytically
  5. saprophytism
  6. saprophytophagous
  7. sapropterin
  8. saprostomous
  9. saprot
  10. saprotroph
  11. saprotrophic

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