hæmatophagous

See also: haematophagous

English

Etymology

hæmat- +‎ -o- +‎ -phagous

Adjective

hæmatophagous (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of hematophagous.
   • 1912, Frederick Knab, Harrison Gray Dyar and Leland Ossian Howard, The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies, Carnegie Institution of Washington; page 113:

     In these hæmatophagous females the nectar of flowers may be considered as a supplementary food which prevents starvation when blood is not available.