ANTHROPOPHILIC


Meaning of ANTHROPOPHILIC in English

|an(t)thrəˌpō|filik, -ēk, -(ˌ)thrō-, -_pə-, |aan- adjective

also an·thro·poph·i·lous | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷|päfələs

Etymology: anthrop- + -philic, -philous

: attracted to man especially as a source of food

anthropophilic mosquitoes

sometimes : indicating relative attraction to man

anthropophilic indices of certain forest insects

• an·thro·poph·i·lism -ˈpäfəˌlizəm noun -s

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.