phytophagous adj 1: (of animals) feeding on plants [syn: {plant-eating(a)}, {phytophagic}, {phytophagous}, {phytophilous}]
Phytophagous \Phy*toph"a*gous\, a. [Phyto- + Gr. fagei^n to eat.] (Zool.) Feeding on plants; herbivorous; as, a phytophagous animal. [1913 Webster]