phyllophagous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of phyllophagous
1865–70; phyllo- + -phagous, probably on the model of New Latin Phyllophaga
Example Sentences
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Phyllophagous, fi-lof′a-gus, adj. feeding on leaves.—n. a member of the Phylloph′aga, a tribe of hymenopterous insects—the saw-flies: a group of lamellicorn beetles which are leaf-eaters—the chafers.
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Phyllophagous: feeding upon leaf tissue.
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In the system this would come at no great distance from the genus Serica, the compound lamellated joints are, I believe, the first noticed amongst Phyllophagous Coleoptera.
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