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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