entomophilous

1. 1.

   of flowering plants (especially orchids etc) that are pollinated by insects

   Antonymsanemophilous

Questions about entomophilous

What does entomophilous mean?

entomophilous means "of flowering plants (especially orchids etc) that are pollinated by insects".

How many syllables are in entomophilous?

entomophilous has 5 syllables: en-to-mo-phi-lous. The stress falls on "mo".

What is the opposite of entomophilous?

The recorded antonyms are anemophilous.

Is entomophilous a common word?

entomophilous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.