Friday, 21 August 2015

(suffix)(feeding and eating)phage

autocoprophage  An organism that consumes its own feces
acridophage     Eater of grasshoppers
actinophage     A virus that causes the decomposition of actinomycetes
alliaphage      Eater of garlic
araneophage     Eater of spiders
bacteriophage   Eater of bacteria
bibliophage     Eater of books; a bookworm
carpophage      Eater of fruit
cerophage       Eater of wax
coniophage      Eater of dust
creophage       Eating of meat
dendrophage     Eater of trees
detriophage     Eater of detritus
ectoophage      An insect larva that hatches from an egg deposited on or
near a host egg that it then eats
ectophage       Eater of the outside of a food source
endoophage      An insect larva that hatches from an egg deposited within a
host egg that it then eats
endophage       Eater from within the food source
entomophage     Eater of insects
erythrophage    A phagocyte that ingests erythrocytes
euryphage       Eater of a wide variety of foods
fuciphage       Eater of seaweed
galactophage    Eater of milk
galliphage      Eater of galls
geophage        Eater of soil
hylophage       Eater of wood
ichthyophage    Eater of fish
limophage       Eater of mud
lipophage       Eater of fat
meliphage       Eater of honey
mycetophage     Eater of fungi
myrmecophage    Eater of ants
necrophage      Eater of dead or decaying flesh
necrophytophage Eater of dead plant materials
nekrophytophage Eater of dead plant materials
nematophage     Eater of nematodes
ostreophage     Eater of oysters
phayllophage    Eater of leaves
phytophage      Eater of plant material
pollenophage    Eater of pollen
protozoophage   A phagocyte that injests protozoa
saprophage      Eater of decaying organic matter
siderophage     A macrophage laden with phagocytosed iron-containing particles
xylophage       Eater of wood

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