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sporophagous

sporophagous adjective: that feeds on fungal spores.

Adjective

sporophagous (not comparable)

  1. That feeds on fungal spores.

Origin of sporophagous

From sporo- + -phagous.

Questions about sporophagous

What does sporophagous mean?
Sporophagous means that feeds on fungal spores.
What part of speech is sporophagous?
Sporophagous is an adjective.

Words near sporophagous in the dictionary

  1. sporont
  2. sporontocidal
  3. sporontocide
  4. sporontocides
  5. sporonts
  6. sporophagous
  7. sporophagy
  8. sporophore
  9. sporophores
  10. sporophoric
  11. sporophorocyst

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