Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Flower-eating.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Eating flowers; -- said of certain insects.
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- adjective That feeds on
flowers
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective feeding on flowers
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n. - the using of one part of speech for another for a strking effect anthophagous adj. - feeding on flowers. adj. - flower-loving; feeding on flowers. anthorism
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