A zoophagous insect.
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Zoophagous
/zəʊˈɒfəɡəs/
Synonyms for "zoophagous" (6 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Adjective(2 words)
animal eatingcarnivorous
Strong matches (1)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (3)
Adjective(3 words)
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4 entriesdietary categorydietary habitfeeding behaviortrophic strategy
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2 entriesCollocations
6 entrieszoophagous behaviorzoophagous dietzoophagous feedingzoophagous insectzoophagous parasitezoophagous predator
Inflections
2 entriesmore zoophagousmost zoophagous
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1 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
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My homicidal maniac is of a peculiar kind. I shall have to invent a new classification for him, and call him a zoöphagous (life-eating) maniac; what he desires is to absorb as many lives as he can, and he has laid himself out to achieve it in a cumulative way.
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