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-phagous

  1. a combining form meaning “eating,” “feeding on,” “devouring” that specified by the initial element:

    creophagous; hylophagous; rhizophagous.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of -phagous1

< Greek -phagos, adj. derivative of phágein to eat; -ous

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