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MYCOPHAGIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mycophagist mean?
• MYCOPHAGIST (noun)
The noun MYCOPHAGIST has 1 sense:
1. a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms)
Familiarity information: MYCOPHAGIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
mycophage; mycophagist
Hypernyms ("mycophagist" is a kind of...):
eater; feeder (someone who consumes food for nourishment)
Derivation:
mycophagy (the practice of eating fungi (especially mushrooms collected in the wild))
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