radicivorous

English

Etymology

From Latin rādīx (“root”) +‎ -vorous.

Adjective

radicivorous (not comparable)

  1. (zoology, rare) That feeds on plant roots.
    • 1843, Henry Noel Humphreys, John Obadiah Westwood, British moths and their transformations, arranged in a ser. of […] ‎[1], volume 1:
      Of these, many are radicivorous, but they are easily distinguished from the Hepialideous larvae […]

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