phytophagous's Usage Examples:

phytophagous insects are abundant and cause obvious damage.

Some species are normally phytophagous, and the vast majority, at any rate, appear to be capable of continuing to exist and reproducing their kind upon a purely vegetarian diet.

They are exclusively phytophagous.

Lastly, as regards the phytophagous forms, there can be no doubt that the destruction of grass-lands by "leatherjackets" (the larvae of crane-flies, or daddy-long-legs, - Tipula oleracea and T.

phytophagous species.

Synonyms:

herbivorous, plant-eating, phytophagic, phytophilous,

Antonyms:

omnivorous, carnivorous, insectivorous, all-devouring, meat-eating,