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单词 rhizophagous
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> as lemmas

rhizophagous
rhizophagous adj.
Brit. /rʌɪˈzɒfəɡəs/
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U.S. /raɪˈzɑfəɡəs/
[after ancient Greek ῥιζοϕάγος eating roots] now chiefly Entomology feeding on roots.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [adjective] > eating roots
rhizophagous1832
1832 Foreign Q. Rev. Aug. 31 One unhappy generation after another of pedants, ‘rhizophagous’, living on roots, Greek or Hebrew;..wandered in nomadic wise, whither provender was to be had.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. x, in Fraser's Mag. Aug. 187/2 All Poor-Slaves are Rhizophagous (or Root-eaters).
1856–8 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 404 Larvæ smooth, with 16 feet, subterranean, rhizophagous.
1933 Jrnl. Mammalogy 14 105 They [sc. rat-kangaroos] are by no means exclusively rhizophagous.
2005 Florida Entomologist 88 355 At least a third of the species sampled as larvae are rhizophagous pests.
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