phyllophagousadj.

Brit.

/fᵻˈlɒfəɡəs/, U.S.

/fəˈlɑfəɡəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: phyllo- comb. form, -phagous comb. form.

Etymology: < phyllo- comb. form + -phagous comb. form, originally after scientific Latin Phyllophaga (see phyllophagan n. and adj.).

Zoology.

Of an animal: feeding on leaves.

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the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > herbivorous > leaf-eating

leaf-eatinga1802

leaf feeding1838

phyllophagous1851

1851 Littell's Living Age 22 Feb. 349/2 The phyllophagous or leaf-eating giants of the South American forests..could uproot and haul down the loftiest members of a tropical forest, and at their ease strip them of their foliage.

1868 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. III. §332. 451 The thick epithelium continued over the inner surface of that part in the Phyllophagous species.

1935 Ecology 16 206 The bulk of the invertebrate phyllophagous population distributed itself in strata having leaves.

1989 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 76 234/2 Duke (1955)..speculated that phyllophagous insect caterpillars may have brought about cross-pollination while foraging leaves.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phyllophagous
释义	phyllophagousadj. Brit. /fᵻˈlɒfəɡəs/, U.S. /fəˈlɑfəɡəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: phyllo- comb. form, -phagous comb. form. Etymology: < phyllo- comb. form + -phagous comb. form, originally after scientific Latin Phyllophaga (see phyllophagan n. and adj.). Zoology. Of an animal: feeding on leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > herbivorous > leaf-eating leaf-eatinga1802 leaf feeding1838 phyllophagous1851 1851 Littell's Living Age 22 Feb. 349/2 The phyllophagous or leaf-eating giants of the South American forests..could uproot and haul down the loftiest members of a tropical forest, and at their ease strip them of their foliage. 1868 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. III. §332. 451 The thick epithelium continued over the inner surface of that part in the Phyllophagous species. 1935 Ecology 16 206 The bulk of the invertebrate phyllophagous population distributed itself in strata having leaves. 1989 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 76 234/2 Duke (1955)..speculated that phyllophagous insect caterpillars may have brought about cross-pollination while foraging leaves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1851
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