Meanings
adjectiveanthrophilic (comparative more anthrophilic, superlative most anthrophilic)
comparative more anthrophilic · superlative most anthrophilic
- biologyThriving in the presence of humans.
Domestication and the evolution of anthrophilic traits in houseflies and some drosophilids have allowed certain species to attain cosmopolitan status.
2005, David K. Yeates, Brian M. Wiegmann, The Evolutionary Biology of Flies, page 372
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