radicivorous

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adjective

That feeds on plant roots.

OriginLatin rādīc- →
Scrabble 18
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Meanings

adjectiveradicivorous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerarebiologyThat feeds on plant roots.

    Of these, many are radicivorous, but they are easily distinguished from the Hepialideous larvae […]

    1843, Henry Noel Humphreys, John Obadiah Westwood, British moths and their transformations, arranged in a ser. of […] , volume 1

Origin

  1. Latinrādīc-
  2. Englishradicivorous

From radic- + -i- + -vorous, from Latin rādīc-, oblique stem of rādīx.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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