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Respelling of balanephagous, influenced by -o- (-o- immediately precedes -phagous in most words that feature that suffix).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Respelling of balanephagous, influenced by -o- (-o- immediately precedes -phagous in most words that feature that suffix).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.