phytophilous

1. 1.

   (of animals) feeding on plants

   Synonymsplant-eatingphytophagicphytophagous

   Similarherbivorous

   animal

Questions about phytophilous

What does phytophilous mean?

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

How many syllables are in phytophilous?

phytophilous has 4 syllables: phy-to-phi-lous. The stress falls on "to".

What is another word for phytophilous?

Close synonyms include plant-eating, phytophagic, phytophagous. 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 phytophilous a common word?

phytophilous 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.