entomophile

entomophile

English

Etymology

From entomo- +‎ -phile; hence literally “insect-loving”.

Adjective

entomophile (not comparable)

1. (of a type of pollen) Being transported by insects, rather than carried on the air.
2. (of a type of flower or plant) Having such pollen.

Noun

entomophile (plural entomophiles)

1. A flower whose pollen is transported by insects, rather than carried on the air.
2. A person who likes insects.
   • 2013, Jeffrey Lockwood, The Infested Mind: Why Humans Fear, Loathe, and Love Insects:

     We're not like the entomophiles who harbor spiders as housemates or derive sexual satisfaction from the tickling of ants. And we're certainly not crazy entomophobes who run panic-stricken into the streets upon encountering a cockroach […]

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French

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Adjective

entomophile (plural entomophiles)

1. entomophilic, entomophilous

Noun

entomophile m (plural entomophiles)

1. entomophile

Further reading

• “entomophile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.