What does phytophagic mean?

phytophagic means "(of animals) feeding on plants".

How many syllables are in phytophagic?

phytophagic has 4 syllables and divides as phy-to-pha-gic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for phytophagic?

Close synonyms include plant-eating, phytophagous, phytophilous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is phytophagic a common word?

phytophagic 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.

Phytophagic — meaning and 3 synonyms

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
(of animals) feeding on plants
Synonymsplant-eating phytophagous phytophilous
Similarherbivorous
animal

Questions about phytophagic

What does phytophagic mean?: phytophagic means "(of animals) feeding on plants".
How many syllables are in phytophagic?: phytophagic has 4 syllables and divides as phy-to-pha-gic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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