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hæmatophagous

hæmatophagous

See also: haematophagous

English

Adjective

hæmatophagous (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of hematophagous
    • 1912, Frederick Knab, Harrison Gray Dyar and Leland Ossian Howard, The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies, Carnegie Institution of Washington; page 113:
      In these hæmatophagous females the nectar of flowers may be considered as a supplementary food which prevents starvation when blood is not available.