histiophagous

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adjective

Feeding on tissue.

“The flesh-eating bacterium is histiophagous.”

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Meanings

adjectivehistiophagous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableFeeding on tissue.

    The flesh-eating bacterium is histiophagous.

Origin

From histio- (“tissue”) + -phagous + [Term?] (“eating”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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