entomophily

English

Etymology

From entomo- +‎ -phily.

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  • IPA(key): /ɛntəˈmɒfəliː/

Noun

entomophily (uncountable)

  1. (botany) pollination by insects
    Antonym: petaly
    • 1899, John Merle Coulter, ‎M. S. Coulter, ‎Charles Reid Barnes, Botanical Gazette (volume 28, page 281)
      Petaly is apparently correlated with entomophily, and apetaly with anemophily.

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