entomophily

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/ɛntəˈmɒfəliː/

noun

pollination by insects

Opposite
petaly
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Meanings

nounentomophily (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologypollination by insects

    Petaly is apparently correlated with entomophily, and apetaly with anemophily.

    1899, John Merle Coulter, M. S. Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Botanical Gazette, volume 28, page 281

    Antonyms: petaly

Synonyms & antonyms

nounpollination by insects

Opposite
petaly

Origin

From entomo- + -phily.

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Translations

Italian entomofilia
  • entomofiliapollination by insects
Japanese 虫媒
  • 虫媒 (chuubai)pollination by insects
Polish owadopylność
  • owadopylnośćpollination by insects
Portuguese entomofilia
  • entomofiliapollination by insects
Spanish entomofilia
  • entomofiliapollination by insects
Welsh pryfbeillio, pryfbeilliad
  • pryfbeilliopollination by insects
  • pryfbeilliadpollination by insects

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

monilophyte
Cite this entry
APA

entomophily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entomophily

MLA

“entomophily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entomophily. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “entomophily,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entomophily.

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