Phytophaga

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plural noun

Phy·​toph·​a·​ga

fīˈtäfəgə

: any of several groups of vegetable-feeding animals: such as

a

: a very large division of Coleoptera comprising beetles that have all the tarsi apparently 4-jointed, the head not rostrate, the labrum exposed, and the palpi never wholly occluded in the mouth and including the families Bruchidae, Chrysomelidae, and Cerambycidae or being made coextensive with Chrysomelidae

b

: a division of Hymenoptera comprising forms (as the sawflies) with larvae that feed on plants

c

: a group of Edentata including the sloths

Phytophaga

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noun

"

: a genus of gall midges

Word History

Etymology

Plural noun

New Latin, from phyt- + -phaga

Noun

New Latin, from phyt- + -phaga

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