Friday, 21 August 2015

(suffix)(Feeding and Eating)phagous

anthropophagous         eating humans
cardophagus     donkey; something that eats thistles
carpophagous    fruit-eating
coprophagous    eating feces
creatophagous   carnivorous; flesh-eating
creophagous     flesh-eating; carnivorous
entomophagous   eating insects
foliophagous    eating leaves; eating folios of books
hylophagous     eating wood
ichthyophagous  fish-eating
lithophagous    stone-swallowing; rock-boring; eating rock
lotophagous     feeding on lotuses; indolent; lazy; dreamy
mallophagous    eating wool or fleece
meliphagous     feeding upon honey
microphagous    feeding on small creatures or plants
monophagous     feeding on only one type of food
mycophagous     eating fungus
myrmecophagous  feeding on ants
necrophagous    feeding on the dead
ophiophagous    eating snakes
ostreophagous   oyster-eating
phthirophagous  lice-eating
phyllophagous   leaf-eating
phytophagous    feeding on vegetable matter
plasmophagous   consuming plasma
poephagous      eating grass or herbs; herbivorous
polyphagous     eating many types of food
rhizophagous    root-eating
saprophagous    feeding on decaying material
sarcophagous    feeding on flesh; carnivorous
saurophagous    eating lizards
scatophagous    dung-eating
thalerophagous  feeding on fresh vegetable matter
toxicophagous   eating poison
toxiphagous     poison-eating
xylophagous     wood-eating
batrachophagous - One who eats frogs.
coprophagous - One who eats excrement.
creophagous - Pertaining to something or someone which eats meat.
hematophagous - One who drinks blood.
oligophagous - One who eats only a few kinds of food.
ophiophagous - One who eats snakes.
phthirophagous - One who eats lice.
saprophagous - One who eats dead or decaying animals.
scatophagous - One who eats excrement .
scolecophagous - One who eats worms.
xylophagous - Describing someone who eats wood.
anthropophagous         eating humans.
cardophagus     donkey; something that eats thistles.
carpophagous    fruit-eating.
coprophagous    eating feces.
creatophagous   carnivorous; flesh-eating.
creophagous     flesh-eating; carnivorous.
entomophagous   eating insects.
foliophagous    eating leaves; eating folios of books.
hylophagous     eating wood.
ichthyophagous  fish-eating.
lithophagous    stone-swallowing; rock-boring; eating rock.
lotophagous     feeding on lotuses; indolent; lazy; dreamy.
mallophagous    eating wool or fleece.
meliphagous     feeding upon honey.
microphagous    feeding on small creatures or plants.
monophagous     feeding on only one type of food.
mycophagous     eating fungus.
myrmecophagous  feeding on ants.
necrophagous    feeding on the dead.
ophiophagous    eating snakes.
ostreophagous   oyster-eating.
phthirophagous  lice-eating.
phyllophagous   leaf-eating.
phytophagous    feeding on vegetable matter.
plasmophagous   consuming plasma.
poephagous      eating grass or herbs; herbivorous.
polyphagous     eating many types of food.
rhizophagous    root-eating.
saprophagous    feeding on decaying material.
sarcophagous    feeding on flesh; carnivorous.
saurophagous    eating lizards.
scatophagous    dung-eating.
thalerophagous  feeding on fresh vegetable matter.
toxicophagous   eating poison.
toxiphagous     poison-eating.
xylophagous     wood-eating.
batrachophagous One who eats frogs .
scolecophagous  One who eats worms.
aphidiphagous, adj. feeding on aphides .
arachnophagous(adj) - eating spiders
adephagous      Gluttonous
algophagous     Feeding on algae
androphagous    The eating of a man (as opposed to a woman)
anthophagous    Feeding on flowers
arachnophagous  Feeding on spiders
batrachophagous Feeding on frogs
biophagous      Feeding on living organisms; a reference to certain parasites
carcinophagous  Feeding on crabs
coprophagous    Feeding on excrement
esophagous      The tube that carries food, liquids and saliva from the
mouth to the stomach
harpactophagous Feeding by preying on other animals; predatory, used
especially with reference to insects
heterophagous   Feeding on a wide variety of food items
histophagous    Eating or subsisting on tissues
isophagous      Used of predators or or parasites which are selective with
regard to food but not necessarily bound by that choice
lactiphagous    Consuming a diet composed entirely of milk
macrophagous    Feeding on relatively large food particles or prey
macrophytophagous       feeding on higher plant material only
mallophagous    Feeding on wool
microphagous    Feeding on relatively minute particles or on very small prey
monophagous     Feeding on one kind of food only
omophagous      Feeding on raw food, especially raw flesh
oophagous       Feeding on eggs
ophiophagous    Feeding on snakes
osteophagous    Feeding on bones
phthirophagous  Feeding on lice
phycophagous    Feeding on seaweed
pleophagous     Feeding on a variety of foods
rhizophagous    Feeding on roots
rhypophagous    Feeding on filth, excrement, putrid matter or refuse
sarcophagous    Feeding on flesh
saurophagous    Feeding on lizards
scatophagous    Feeding on dung
scolecophagous  Feeding on worms
stenophagous    Feeding on a single kind or limited variety of food
sycophagous     Feeding on figs
zoophagous      Feeding on animals
zoosaprophagous Feeding on decaying animal matter

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