phytophagousadj.

Brit.

/fʌɪˈtɒfəɡəs/, U.S.

/faɪˈtɑfəɡəs/

Forms: 1700s– phytophagous, 1800s phytiphagous (irregular).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin phytophagus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin phytophagus herbivorous (1794 in the passage translated in quot. 1797 at sense 1; < phyto- phyto- comb. form + -phagus : see -phagous comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare French phytophage herbivorous (1808). Compare later phytophagy n. Compare earlier zoophagous adj.

Zoology.

1. Feeding on plant material; herbivorous.

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the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > herbivorous

herbivorous1661

phytivorous1668

phytophagous1797

poephagous1868

phytophagan1890

1797 R. Hooper tr. J. J. R. von Plenck Hygrology 2 The flesh of young animals contains less [azote] than that of old; and it is in greater quantity in sarcophagous than in the flesh of phytophagous [L. phytophagorum] animals.

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlix. 479 Out of a list of..8000 British insects..3724 [might be called] phytiphagous. Note. We employ this term, because the more common one, ‘herbivorous’, does not properly include devourers of timber, fungi, etc.

1832 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 2) II. 143 It may deprive a large number of phytophagous animals of their food.

1895 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 371 Some of the true slugs are carnivorous instead of phytophagous.

1947 A. D. Imms Outl. Entomol. (ed. 3) iv. 161 In carnivorous forms [of cyclorrhaphous larvae] the mouth-parts are sharply hooked, whereas in phytophagous forms they are toothed.

1964 R. M. Fox & J. W. Fox Introd. Compar. Entomol. xiii. 373 When present in sufficient numbers, these phytophagous species [of thrips] may become pests to be reckoned with.

1992 D. J. Mabberley Trop. Rain Forest Ecol. (ed. 2) 140 Phytophagous bats take principally fruit or flower products, though some take leaves.

2. spec. Belonging to any of several animal groups called Phytophaga, esp. a major division of beetles or a suborder of hymenopterans (see note at phytophagan n.). Now rare.

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1859 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3 195 (heading) Descriptions of new species of Phytophagous beetles.

1882 P. Cameron (title) A monograph of the British phytophagous Hymenoptera.

1934 Lingnan Sci. Jrnl. 13 109 (heading) Catalogue of the phytophagous beetles of China.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phytophagous
释义	phytophagousadj. Brit. /fʌɪˈtɒfəɡəs/, U.S. /faɪˈtɑfəɡəs/ Forms: 1700s– phytophagous, 1800s phytiphagous (irregular). Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin phytophagus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin phytophagus herbivorous (1794 in the passage translated in quot. 1797 at sense 1; < phyto- phyto- comb. form + -phagus : see -phagous comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare French phytophage herbivorous (1808). Compare later phytophagy n. Compare earlier zoophagous adj. Zoology. 1. Feeding on plant material; herbivorous. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > herbivorous herbivorous1661 phytivorous1668 phytophagous1797 poephagous1868 phytophagan1890 1797 R. Hooper tr. J. J. R. von Plenck Hygrology 2 The flesh of young animals contains less [azote] than that of old; and it is in greater quantity in sarcophagous than in the flesh of phytophagous [L. phytophagorum] animals. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlix. 479 Out of a list of..8000 British insects..3724 [might be called] phytiphagous. Note. We employ this term, because the more common one, ‘herbivorous’, does not properly include devourers of timber, fungi, etc. 1832 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 2) II. 143 It may deprive a large number of phytophagous animals of their food. 1895 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 371 Some of the true slugs are carnivorous instead of phytophagous. 1947 A. D. Imms Outl. Entomol. (ed. 3) iv. 161 In carnivorous forms [of cyclorrhaphous larvae] the mouth-parts are sharply hooked, whereas in phytophagous forms they are toothed. 1964 R. M. Fox & J. W. Fox Introd. Compar. Entomol. xiii. 373 When present in sufficient numbers, these phytophagous species [of thrips] may become pests to be reckoned with. 1992 D. J. Mabberley Trop. Rain Forest Ecol. (ed. 2) 140 Phytophagous bats take principally fruit or flower products, though some take leaves. 2. spec. Belonging to any of several animal groups called Phytophaga, esp. a major division of beetles or a suborder of hymenopterans (see note at phytophagan n.). Now rare. ΚΠ 1859 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3 195 (heading) Descriptions of new species of Phytophagous beetles. 1882 P. Cameron (title) A monograph of the British phytophagous Hymenoptera. 1934 Lingnan Sci. Jrnl. 13 109 (heading) Catalogue of the phytophagous beetles of China. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1797
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