-phagous


-phagous

suff. Eating; feeding on: ichthyophagous.
[From Latin -phagus, from Greek -phagos, from phagein, to eat; see bhag- in Indo-European roots.]

-phagous

a combining form meaning “eating,” “feeding on”: hematophagous; xylophagous. [< Greek -phagos, adj. derivative of phageîn to eat]