oophagous etymology

English word oophagous comes from English -phagous (Used to form adjectives meaning "eating" or "feeding on".), English oo- (Relating to eggs or ova.)

Detailed word origin of oophagous

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-phagous English (eng) Used to form adjectives meaning "eating" or "feeding on".
oo- English (eng) Relating to eggs or ova.
oophagous English (eng) Relating to, or exhibiting oophagy.

Words with the same origin as oophagous

Descendants of -phagous
ampelophagous androphagous anthophagous anthropophagous bacteriophagous entomophagous geophagous haematophagous histiophagous lithophagous mycetophagous mycophagous nematophagous oligophagous ophiophagous ornithophagous ostreophagous pantophagous phytophagous polyphagous saproxylophagous xylophagous zoophagous zoöphagous
Descendants of oo-
aboospore ooblast oocyan oocyst oofamily oogamy oogenesis oogenetic oogenus ooid ooidal oolite oolitic oologic oological oologist oology oophagy oophore oophorous oophyte oospecies oospore ootaxon oozooid