Usually means: Eats leaves; a type of herbivore.
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  1. phyllophagous: Merriam-Webster
  2. phyllophagous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. phyllophagous: Collins English Dictionary
  4. phyllophagous: Wordnik
  5. phyllophagous: Wiktionary
  6. phyllophagous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. phyllophagous: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Phyllophagous, phyllophagous: Dictionary.com
  9. Phyllophagous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. phyllophagous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Phyllophagous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. phyllophagous: FreeDictionary.org
  13. phyllophagous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. phyllophagous: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Phyllophagous: HYPP Zoology

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Definitions from Wiktionary (phyllophagous)

▸ adjective:  (zoology) that feeds on leaves; leaf-eating

Similar:
foliophagous, phloeophagous, phytophagous, phyllophorous, folivorous, foliphagous, phloephagous, phytivorous, phytophagic, phyllostomatous, more...

Opposite:
carnivorous, insectivorous, omnivorous

Types:
caterpillar, moth, locust, beetle, grasshopper, termite, more...

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Similar:
foliophagous, phloeophagous, phytophagous, phyllophorous, folivorous, foliphagous, phloephagous, phytivorous, phytophagic, phyllostomatous, more...

Opposite:
carnivorous, insectivorous, omnivorous

Types:
caterpillar, moth, locust, beetle, grasshopper, termite, more...



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