Entomophile
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Entomophile is an adjective meaning (of a type of pollen) Being transported by insects, rather than carried on the air.
Meaning
(of a type of pollen) Being transported by insects, rather than carried on the air.
More Meanings
- (of a type of flower or plant) Having such pollen.
- A flower whose pollen is transported by insects, rather than carried on the air.
- A person who likes insects.
Example Sentences
We're not like the entomophiles who harbor spiders as housemates or derive sexual satisfaction from the tickling of ants. And we're certainly not crazy entomophobes who run panic-stricken into the streets upon encountering a cockroach […]
Word Forms
- entomophiles
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include entomophilic, entomolophilous, entomogenous, pollenophagous, pollenivorous, monolectic.
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