zoophagous etymology

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

Detailed word origin of zoophagous

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
zoo- English (eng) Animal.
-phagous English (eng) Used to form adjectives meaning "eating" or "feeding on".
zoophagous English (eng) Carnivorous.

Words with the same origin as zoophagous

Descendants of zoo-
zooarchaeologist zoocephalic zoocyst zoogenesis zoogeographical zoogonidium zoomass zoometry zoonotically zoopathology zoopathy zoophage zoophagia zoopharmacognosy zoophytography zoophytology zooprophylaxis zoopsia zoopsychologist zooptic zoosadism zoosterol zootechnician zootrophic
Descendants of -phagous
ampelophagous androphagous anthophagous anthropophagous bacteriophagous entomophagous geophagous haematophagous histiophagous lithophagous mycetophagous mycophagous nematophagous oligophagous oophagous ophiophagous ornithophagous ostreophagous pantophagous phytophagous polyphagous saproxylophagous xylophagous zoöphagous