Meaning & use
Phytophagous
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Feeding on plants; plant-eating, used especially of insects and other invertebrates.
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Aphids are phytophagous insects that damage crops by feeding on sap.
The study catalogued phytophagous beetles found in the rainforest canopy.
A note on using this word
Built from the Greek roots 'phyto-' (plant) and '-phagous' (eating), a pattern shared by words like 'carnivorous' and 'zoophagous'.
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