hæmatophagous
See also: haematophagous
English
editEtymology
editFrom hæmat- + -o- + -phagous.
Adjective
edithæmatophagous (not comparable)
- Obsolete spelling of hematophagous.
- 1912, Frederick Knab, Harrison Gray Dyar, 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.