Etymology

telmophagous

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Today it means: Feeding from a pool of blood caused by tissue laceration. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τέλμα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτέλμα“pond, puddle”
  2. English todaytelmophagous

From Ancient Greek τέλμα (télma, “pond, puddle”) + -phagous.

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