nematophagous etymology

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

Detailed word origin of nematophagous

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
nemat- English (eng) (chiefly, biology) Characteristic of, pertaining to, or possessing a filiform structure. Nematode.
-phagous English (eng) Used to form adjectives meaning "eating" or "feeding on".
nematophagous English (eng) (usually, _, mycology) Consuming nematodes.

Words with the same origin as nematophagous

Descendants of nemat-
antinematode nematicide nematoblast nematocalyx nematocide nematodelike nematodiasis nematofauna nematogen nematognath nematoid nematology nematomorph phytonematode
Descendants of -phagous
ampelophagous androphagous anthophagous anthropophagous bacteriophagous entomophagous geophagous haematophagous histiophagous lithophagous mycetophagous mycophagous oligophagous oophagous ophiophagous ornithophagous ostreophagous pantophagous phytophagous polyphagous saproxylophagous xylophagous zoophagous zoöphagous