mycophagous etymology

English word mycophagous comes from English myco- ((biology) fungus.), English -phagous (Used to form adjectives meaning "eating" or "feeding on".)

Detailed word origin of mycophagous

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
myco- English (eng) (biology) fungus.
-phagous English (eng) Used to form adjectives meaning "eating" or "feeding on".
mycophagous English (eng) Fungus-eating.

Words with the same origin as mycophagous

Descendants of myco-
bioxalomycin dermatomycosis mycobactericidal mycobacteriology mycobiome mycocecidium mycocide mycoculture mycodiesel mycoflora mycoherbicide mycoheterotrophy mycoinsecticide mycology mycopeptone mycopesticide mycophage mycosic mycosphere mycosymbiont mycothiol mycotoxicological mycotoxicologist mycovirology pseudomycosis
Descendants of -phagous
ampelophagous androphagous anthophagous anthropophagous bacteriophagous entomophagous geophagous haematophagous histiophagous lithophagous mycetophagous nematophagous oligophagous oophagous ophiophagous ornithophagous ostreophagous pantophagous phytophagous polyphagous saproxylophagous xylophagous zoophagous zoöphagous