zoophagichttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoophagic_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoophagic, adj.
First published 2017

zoophagicadjective

Chiefly Entomology.
  1. 1903–
    Feeding on animals or animal matter; spec. (of a mosquito) feeding on animals other than humans.
    1. 1903
      Zoophagisch, zoophagic, carnivorous.
      G. J. Adler, German & English Dictionary (revised edition) 835/3
    2. 1968
      The border between saprophytic and zoophagic forms is insufficiently distinct and frequently even indistinguishable.
      Bulletin Acad. Polonaise des Sci.: Série des Sci. Biology vol. 16 777
    3. 1998
      Vector-control activities targeted at An. arabiensis need to consider the..zoophagic (tending to feed on animals other than humans) habits of this species.
      Proceedings of Royal Society B. vol. 265 852/2
    4. 2004
      Because of this deficit in livestock the originally zoophagic A. aquasalis switched to feeding on people.
      H. F. van Emden & M. W. Service, Pest & Vector Control i. 24

zoophagic, adj. was first published in June 2017.

zoophagic, adj. was last modified in July 2023.