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Webster 1913 Edition

Phytophagous

Phy-toph′a-gous

,

Adj.

[

Phyto-

+ Gr.

φαγεῖν

to eat.]

(Zool.)

Feeding on plants; herbivorous;

as, a

phytophagous

animal

.

Definition 2025

phytophagous

phytophagous

English

Adjective

phytophagous ‎(comparative more phytophagous, superlative most phytophagous)

(zoology) Feeding on plants, herbivorous.

Synonyms

Translations

feeding on plants

Asturian: fitófagu
Catalan: fitòfag
French: phytophage (fr)
Galician: fitófago

Italian: fitofago
Occitan: fitofag
Portuguese: fitófago
Spanish: fitófago

See also

phytophagy