Definition of "phytophagous" []

• Feeding on plants, including shrubs and trees. Used especially of certain insects. (adjective)

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• "Mr Caterpillar jerked his head and thorax back, and then whipped it forward in a whiplash maneuver, shoving Mrs Caterpillar onto her stove, her phytophagous stew splashing all over her kitchen floor — completely wasted."
• "Outside the sun broke through the rain clouds, and as the sunlight spilled in through the kitchen window, there was earthworm blood and phytophagous stew everywhere."
• "She checked on the phytophagous stew, her spiracles told her that it was almost done."