phyllophagous (adj.)

"leaf-eating, feeding on leaves," 1819, from phyllo- "leaf" + -phagous "eating."

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before vowels phyll-, word-forming element meaning "leaf," from Greek phyllon "a leaf" (from PIE *bhol-yo- "leaf," suffixed form of root *bhel- (3) "to thrive, bloom").

-phagous

word-forming element meaning "eating, feeding on," from Latin -phagus, from Greek -phagos "eater of," from phagein "to eat," literally "to have a share of food," from PIE root *bhag- "to share out, apportion; to get a share."

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