“zoophagous”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

zoophagous

释义

zoophagous, a.|zəʊˈɒfəgəs|
[f. Gr. ζῷον animal + -ϕάγος -eating: see -phagous.]
Feeding on animals; carnivorous; belonging to the Zoophaga, a name for various groups of animals: opp. to phytophagous. So zoˈophagan a. and n.
1840*Zoophagan [see entomophagan s.v. entomo-].1842Brande Dict. Sci. etc., Zoophagans..the order of Unguiculate Mammals which live on animal food,..also the corresponding group of the Marsupial Quadrupeds.
1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xvi. 70 *Zoophagous animals, or those which attack and devour living animals.1839Owen in Trans. Geol. Soc. Lond. Ser. ii. VI. 72 The true or zoophagous Cetacea.1881Nature 3 Feb. 324/1 The countless host of animals that inhabit the depths of the ocean, all of which are necessarily zoophagous.

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