thalerophagousadj.
/θaləˈrɒfəɡəs/ Entomology.
Feeding on fresh vegetable substances.
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thalerophagous1819
1819 W. S. MacLeay Horæ Entomologicæ i. 27 Thalerophagous insects, or such as live on green or fresh vegetable food.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxv. 604 The saprophagous tribes of Mr. W. S. MacLeay are commonly of a more dark and dismal aspect and colour than those which feed upon such as are living and fresh, denominated thalerophagous by the same learned author.
1840 W. Swainson & W. E. Shuckard Hist. Insects ii. vi. 221 The thalerophagous groups.
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