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telmophagous

telmophagous adjective: feeding from a pool of blood caused by tissue laceration.

Adjective

telmophagous (not comparable)

  1. Feeding from a pool of blood caused by tissue laceration.

Origin of telmophagous

From Ancient Greek τέλμα (télma, “pond, puddle”) + -phagous.

Questions about telmophagous

What does telmophagous mean?
Telmophagous means feeding from a pool of blood caused by tissue laceration.
What part of speech is telmophagous?
Telmophagous is an adjective.

Words near telmophagous in the dictionary

  1. telmesteine
  2. telmisartan
  3. telmophage
  4. telmophages
  5. telmophagic
  6. telmophagous
  7. Telmun
  8. telnet
  9. telnetable
  10. telneted
  11. telneting

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