histiophagous etymology

English word histiophagous comes from English balanephagous ((rare) Acorn-eating.), English -phagous (Used to form adjectives meaning "eating" or "feeding on".), English histi-

Detailed word origin of histiophagous

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
balanephagous English (eng) (rare) Acorn-eating.
-phagous English (eng) Used to form adjectives meaning "eating" or "feeding on".
histi- English (eng)
histiophagous English (eng) Feeding on tissue.

Words with the same origin as histiophagous

Descendants of balanephagous
balanophagous
Descendants of -phagous
ampelophagous androphagous anthophagous anthropophagous bacteriophagous entomophagous geophagous haematophagous lithophagous mycetophagous mycophagous nematophagous oligophagous oophagous ophiophagous ornithophagous ostreophagous pantophagous phytophagous polyphagous saproxylophagous xylophagous zoophagous zoöphagous
Descendants of histi-
histiocyte histiocytic