| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Eating green shoots, as certain insects do.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb hylophagously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (hylophagously) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective hylophagous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HYLOPHAGOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Hylophagous \Hy*loph"a*gous\, adjective. [Greek expression wood to eat.]. (references) |
