-phagous Definition
fəgəs
suffix
Eating; feeding on.
Ichthyophagous.
American Heritage
affix
That eats (something specified)
Entomophagous, ichthyophagous.
Webster's New World
Origin of -phagous
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From Latin -phagus from Greek -phagos from phagein to eat bhag- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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