radicivorous
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin rādīx (“root”) + -vorous.
Adjective
editradicivorous (not comparable)
- (zoology, rare) That feeds on plant roots.
- 1843, Henry Noel Humphreys, John Obadiah Westwood, British moths and their transformations, arranged in a ser. of […] [1], volume 1:
- Of these, many are radicivorous, but they are easily distinguished from the Hepialideous larvae […]