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Webster 1913 Edition


Phyllophagan

Phyl-loph′a-gan

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Noun.
[
Phyllo-
+ Gr.
φαγεῖν
to eat.]
(Zool.)
(a)
One of a group of marsupials including the phalangists.
(b)
One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon the leaves of plants, as the chafers.