Anthophagous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anthophagous \An*thoph"a*gous\, a. [Gr. 'a`nqos flower + fagei^n
     to eat.] (Zool.)
     Eating flowers; -- said of certain insects.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  anthophagous
       adj : feeding on flowers; "some insects are anthophagous" [syn: {anthophilous}]