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phyllophagous

American  
[fi-lof-uh-guhs] / fɪˈlɒf ə gəs /

adjective

Zoology.

  1. (of an organism) feeding on leaves.

Etymology

Origin of phyllophagous

1865–70; phyllo- + -phagous, probably on the model of New Latin Phyllophaga

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