Definitions
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- adjective Being transported by
insects , rather than carried on the air. - adjective Having such pollen.
Etymologies
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From entomo- + -phile; hence literally “insect-loving”.
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Imagine the despair of an insect-hunter and entomophile, as he sits down to his box of dried neuroptera.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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