anthophagous etymology

English word anthophagous comes from English -phagous (Used to form adjectives meaning "eating" or "feeding on".), English antho- ((botany) Forms words relating to flowers.)

Detailed word origin of anthophagous

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-phagous English (eng) Used to form adjectives meaning "eating" or "feeding on".
antho- English (eng) (botany) Forms words relating to flowers.
anthophagous English (eng) That feeds on flowers.

Words with the same origin as anthophagous

Descendants of -phagous
ampelophagous androphagous anthropophagous bacteriophagous entomophagous geophagous haematophagous histiophagous lithophagous mycetophagous mycophagous nematophagous oligophagous oophagous ophiophagous ornithophagous ostreophagous pantophagous phytophagous polyphagous saproxylophagous xylophagous zoophagous zoöphagous
Descendants of antho-
anthecology anthocarp anthocarpous anthocyanidin anthocyanin anthocyanosis anthocyanotic anthogenesis anthography anthoid antholatry antholite anthomaniac anthophile anthophobia anthophyte anthotype