radicivorous

English

Etymology

From Latin rādīx (“root”) +‎ -vorous.

Adjective

radicivorous (not comparable)

1. (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 […]

Anagrams

• acridivorous