phyllophagous
American
[fi-lof-uh-guhs]
/ fɪˈlɒf ə gəs /
adjective
Zoology.
Etymology
Origin of phyllophagous
1865–70; phyllo- + -phagous, probably on the model of New Latin Phyllophaga
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