Phytophagous

2 definitions found

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

  Phytophagous \Phy*toph"a*gous\, a. [Phyto- + Gr. fagei^n to
     eat.] (Zool.)
     Feeding on plants; herbivorous; as, a phytophagous animal.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  phytophagous
       adj : (of animals) feeding on plants [syn: {plant-eating(a)}, {phytophagic},
              {phytophilous}]