Meanings
adjectivehæmatophagous (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoleteObsolete spelling of hematophagous.
In these hæmatophagous females the nectar of flowers may be considered as a supplementary food which prevents starvation when blood is not available.
1912, Frederick Knab, Harrison Gray Dyar, Leland Ossian Howard, The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies, Carnegie Institution of Washington, page 113
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