单词 | thalerophagous |
释义 | thalerophagous, a. Entom.|θæləˈrɒfəgəs| [f. Gr. θαλερός blooming, fresh + -ϕάγ-ος eating + -ous.] Feeding on fresh vegetable substances.
1819Macleay Horæ Entomol. I. 27 Thalerophagous insects, or such as live on green or fresh vegetable food. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxxv. 604 The saprophagous tribes of Mr. W. S. MacLeay are commonly of a more dark and dismal aspect and colour than those which feed upon such as are living and fresh, denominated thalerophagous by the same learned author. 1840Swainson & Shuckard Hist. Insects ii. vi. 221 The thalerophagous groups. |

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