Phyllophagan

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

  Phyllophagan \Phyl*loph"a*gan\, n. [Phyllo- + Gr. fagei^n to
     eat.] (Zool.)
     (a) One of a group of marsupials including the phalangists.
     (b) One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon the leaves of
         plants, as the chafers.
         [1913 Webster]