-phagous Definition

fəgəs
suffix
Eating; feeding on.
Ichthyophagous.
American Heritage
affix
That eats (something specified)
Entomophagous, ichthyophagous.
Webster's New World

Origin of -phagous

  • From Latin -phagus from Greek -phagos from phagein to eat bhag- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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