entomophagous etymology

English word entomophagous comes from English entomo- (Insect.), English -phagous (Used to form adjectives meaning "eating" or "feeding on".)

Detailed word origin of entomophagous

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
entomo- English (eng) Insect.
-phagous English (eng) Used to form adjectives meaning "eating" or "feeding on".
entomophagous English (eng) Feeding on insects; insectivorous.

Words with the same origin as entomophagous

Descendants of entomo-
entomofauna entomogenous entomography entomoid entomolite entomomancy entomopathogenic entomophagy entomophile entomophilic entomophilous entomophobe entomophobia entomophyte entomotomy
Descendants of -phagous
ampelophagous androphagous anthophagous anthropophagous bacteriophagous geophagous haematophagous histiophagous lithophagous mycetophagous mycophagous nematophagous oligophagous oophagous ophiophagous ornithophagous ostreophagous pantophagous phytophagous polyphagous saproxylophagous xylophagous zoophagous zoöphagous