Telmophagous

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Feeding from a pool of blood caused by tissue laceration. not-comparable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τέλμα (télma, “pond, puddle”) + -phagous.

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