| HYLOPHAGOUS | • hylophagous adj. That feeds on wood. • HYLOPHAGOUS adj. eating wood. |
| THEOPHAGOUS | • THEOPHAGOUS adj. relating to theophagy, the sacramental consumption of a god. |
| HIPPOPHAGOUS | • hippophagous adj. Feeding on horseflesh. • HIPPOPHAGOUS adj. eating horseflesh. |
| HYGROPHILOUS | • hygrophilous adj. (Botany, of a plant) adapted for growth in a damp or wet environment. • HYGROPHILOUS adj. living in water or moist places, also HYGROPHIL. |
| HYPOGNATHOUS | • hypognathous adj. (Zoology) Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper jaw. • HYPOGNATHOUS adj. having the lower jaw or mandible protruding. |
| LITHOPHAGOUS | • lithophagous adj. (Zoology) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel. • lithophagous adj. (Zoology) Eating or destroying stone, like some mollusks, sponges, annelids, and sea urchins. • LITHOPHAGOUS adj. stone-swallowing; rock-boring; eating rock. |
| OPHIOPHAGOUS | • ophiophagous adj. (Zoology) Feeding on snakes. • OPHIOPHAGOUS adj. eating snakes. |
| PHYTOPHAGOUS | • phytophagous adj. (Zoology) Feeding on plants, herbivorous. • PHYTOPHAGOUS adj. feeding on plants, also PHYTOPHAGIC. |
| RHIZOPHAGOUS | • rhizophagous adj. Feeding on roots. • RHIZOPHAGOUS adj. feeding on roots. |
| THOROUGHPINS | • thoroughpins n. Plural of thoroughpin. • THOROUGHPIN n. a swelling of horses' hocks. |
| HEMATOPHAGOUS | • hematophagous adj. (American spelling) Alternative form of haematophagous. • HEMATOPHAGOUS adj. of certain animals, feeding on blood, also HAEMATOPHAGOUS. |
| PHYLLOPHAGOUS | • phyllophagous adj. (Zoology) that feeds on leaves; leaf-eating. • PHYLLOPHAGOUS adj. leaf-eating. |
| ANTHROPOPHAGUS | • anthropophagus n. A man-eater; a cannibal. • ANTHROPOPHAGUS n. a cannibal; a man-eater. |
| HAEMATOPHAGOUS | • haematophagous adj. (British spelling) Feeding on blood. • hæmatophagous adj. Obsolete spelling of hematophagous. • HAEMATOPHAGOUS adj. of certain animals, feeding on blood, also HEMATOPHAGOUS. |
| ICHTHYOPHAGOUS | • ichthyophagous adj. (Biology) feeding on fish. • ICHTHYOPHAGOUS adj. fish-eating. |
| PHONAUTOGRAPHS | • phonautographs n. Plural of phonautograph. • PHONAUTOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording sound vibrations. |
| ANTHROPOPHAGOUS | • anthropophagous adj. Who practices anthropophagy; cannibal. • ANTHROPOPHAGOUS adj. eating humans. |
| OPISTHOGNATHOUS | • opisthognathous adj. (Zoology) Having retreating jaws or teeth. • OPISTHOGNATHOUS adj. with receding jaws. |