| AUTOPHAGOUS | • autophagous adj. Self-eating; exhibiting autophagy. • AUTOPHAGOUS adj. related to autophagy, sustenance by self-absorption of the tissues of the body. |
| CALCIFUGOUS | • calcifugous adj. Synonym of calcifugal. • CALCIFUGOUS adj. like a calcifuge, a plant that will not tolerate limy soil, also CALCIFUGAL. |
| CALLIPYGOUS | • callipygous adj. Having shapely, beautiful buttocks. • CALLIPYGOUS adj. having beautiful buttocks, also CALLIPYGEAN, CALLIPYGIAN. |
| CREOPHAGOUS | • creophagous adj. Flesh-eating. • CREOPHAGOUS adj. flesh-eating, carnivorous. |
| ENDOPHAGOUS | • endophagous adj. (Biology, of a parasite) That feeds from within the host organism. • ENDOPHAGOUS adj. exhibiting endophagy, cannibalism within a tribe. |
| HYLOPHAGOUS | • hylophagous adj. That feeds on wood. • HYLOPHAGOUS adj. eating wood. |
| MELIPHAGOUS | • meliphagous adj. Of an animal, that feeds on honey or nectar. • MELIPHAGOUS adj. feeding upon honey, also MELLIPHAGOUS. |
| 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. |
| MULTIJUGOUS | • multijugous adj. Multijugate. • MULTIJUGOUS adj. consisting of many pairs of leaflets, also MULTIJUGATE. |
| MYCOPHAGOUS | • mycophagous adj. Fungus-eating. • MYCOPHAGOUS adj. eating fungus. |
| NOCTIVAGOUS | • noctivagous adj. Wandering at night; nightwandering, noctivagant. • NOCTIVAGOUS adj. wandering in the night, also NOCTIVAGANT. |
| 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. |
| TAUTOLOGOUS | • tautologous adj. Pertaining to a tautology; tautological. • TAUTOLOGOUS adj. involving or containing rhetorical tautology. |
| 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. |