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adj. - (of animals) feeding on plants.

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Usage examples (16)
  • Same with lignivorous/xylophagous, herbivorous/phytophagous, and of course carnivorous/sarcophagous.
  • In general, it can be said that neem products are medium - to broadspectrum pesticides of plant-eating (phytophagous) insects.
  • These include colonial fossorial rodents (marmots, ground squirrels) large birds of prey, and phytophagous insects (grasshoppers).
  • Outside the sun broke through the rain clouds, and as the sunlight spilled in through the kitchen window, there was earthworm blood and phytophagous stew everywhere.
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