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phyllophagous

[ fi-lof-uh-guhs ]

adjective

, Zoology.
  1. (of an organism) feeding on leaves.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of phyllophagous1

1865–70; phyllo- + -phagous, probably on the model of New Latin Phyllophaga

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