-phaga
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ancient Greek φάγος (phágos, “eater, glutton”)
Suffix
[edit]-phaga f
- Used to form taxonomic names, often of genera, by combination with words indicating a type of food for an organism; eater.
Derived terms
[edit]- Musciphaga (now Hemitriccus)