hæmatophagous
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See also: haematophagous
English
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[edit]hæmatophagous (not comparable)
- Obsolete spelling of hematophagous.
- 1912, Frederick Knab, Harrison Gray Dyar, 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.