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phyllophagan Zool.|fɪˈlɒfəgən|
[f. mod.L. phyllophaga pl., a. Gr. type *ϕυλλοϕάγα, f. ϕύλλον leaf + ϕάγος eating.]
A member of the Phyllophaga, a name applied in different classifications to various groups of animals which feed on leaves: viz. (a) a tribe of marsupials, including the phalangers; (b) a group of edentates, comprising the sloths; (c) a group of lamellicorn beetles, including the chafers; (d) of hymenopterous insects, including the saw-flies. So phyˈllophagous a., leaf-eating; belonging to the Phyllophaga.
1842Brande Dict. Sc., etc., *Phyllophagans, Phyllophaga, the name of a tribe of Marsupials, including the Phalangers, Petaurists, and Koala; also of a tribe of beetles, including those which live by suction of the tender parts of vegetables, as the leaves and succulent sprouts. 1858Mayne Expos. Lex., s.v. 1868Owen Anat. Vertebr. §332 III. 451 The thick epithelium continued over the inner surface of that part in the Phyllophagous species. |