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carpophagous
Jul. 8th, 2011 07:04 amcarpophagous (kar-POF-uh-guhs) - adj., fruit-eating.
As in certain bats and monkeys. I'm not sure why, but the only examples I can think of are New World animals, though I'm sure there must be others elsewhere. Coined in the 1830s from Greek roots karpós, fruit + -phagos, eating, an adjectival derivative of phágein, to eat.
---L.
As in certain bats and monkeys. I'm not sure why, but the only examples I can think of are New World animals, though I'm sure there must be others elsewhere. Coined in the 1830s from Greek roots karpós, fruit + -phagos, eating, an adjectival derivative of phágein, to eat.
---L.
