Usually means: Eating small particles or organisms.
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  1. microphagous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. microphagous: Collins English Dictionary
  3. microphagous: Wiktionary
  4. microphagous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  5. microphagous: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. microphagous: Dictionary.com

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  1. microphagous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (microphagous)

▸ adjective:  (zoology) Feeding on small particles.

Similar:
macrophagous, microdont, zoophagic, zoophagous, pupivorous, coprophagous, zoöphagous, macrocarnivorous, microsthenic, ophiophagous, more...

Opposite:
macrophagous, omnivorous, polyphagous

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Similar:
macrophagous, microdont, zoophagic, zoophagous, pupivorous, coprophagous, zoöphagous, macrocarnivorous, microsthenic, ophiophagous, more...

Opposite:
macrophagous, omnivorous, polyphagous



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