| AUTOPHAGOUS | • autophagous adj. Self-eating; exhibiting autophagy. • AUTOPHAGOUS adj. related to autophagy, sustenance by self-absorption of the tissues of the body. |
| CHOLAGOGUES | • cholagogues n. Plural of cholagogue. • CHOLAGOGUE n. an agent which increases the flow of bile and promotes its ejection. |
| CREOPHAGOUS | • creophagous adj. Flesh-eating. • CREOPHAGOUS adj. flesh-eating, carnivorous. |
| DICHOGAMOUS | • dichogamous adj. (Botany) Exhibiting dichogamy. • DICHOGAMOUS adj. having males and females maturing at different rates. |
| ENDOPHAGOUS | • endophagous adj. (Biology, of a parasite) That feeds from within the host organism. • ENDOPHAGOUS adj. exhibiting endophagy, cannibalism within a tribe. |
| FARBOROUGHS | • FARBOROUGH n. (Shakespeare) a mispronunciation of thirdborough, also THARBOROUGH. |
| HERCOGAMOUS | • hercogamous adj. (Botany) Not capable of self-fertilization; said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle… • HERCOGAMOUS adj. related to hercogamy, the prevention of self-pollination in plants. |
| HYLOPHAGOUS | • hylophagous adj. That feeds on wood. • HYLOPHAGOUS adj. eating wood. |
| MONOPHAGOUS | • monophagous adj. (Biology) That eats only one kind of food. • monophagous adj. That (prefers to) eat alone. • MONOPHAGOUS adj. feeding on only one type of food. |
| MYCOPHAGOUS | • mycophagous adj. Fungus-eating. • MYCOPHAGOUS adj. eating fungus. |
| PATHOGENOUS | • pathogenous adj. Pathogenic; causing disease. • PATHOGENOUS adj. producing disease, also PATHOGENETIC, PATHOGENIC. |
| POLYPHAGOUS | • polyphagous adj. Eating many types of food. • polyphagous adj. (Of an herbivorous insect) Having many host plants. • POLYPHAGOUS adj. eating many types of food. |
| PROGNATHOUS | • prognathous adj. Having jaws that project forward more than is usual. • PROGNATHOUS adj. having a jaw that projects forward, also PROGNATHIC. |
| THEOPHAGOUS | • THEOPHAGOUS adj. relating to theophagy, the sacramental consumption of a god. |
| TOXIPHAGOUS | • TOXIPHAGOUS adj. eating poison, also TOXICOPHAGOUS. |
| XIPHOPAGOUS | • xiphopagous adj. (Obsolete) Alternative form of xiphopagus. • XIPHOPAGOUS adj. like a xiphopagus, a set of Siamese twins joined in the region of the xiphoid cartilage. |
| XYLOPHAGOUS | • xylophagous adj. Feeding on wood. (Of insects etc.) • xylophagous adj. Destructive to wood. (Of fungi etc.) • XYLOPHAGOUS adj. wood-eating. |
| YARBOROUGHS | • yarboroughs n. Plural of yarborough. • Yarboroughs prop.n. Plural of Yarborough. • Yarboroughs n. Plural of Yarborough. |