noun. Entomology. An insect which is typically found on flowers, or which feeds from flowers.

How do you use Anthophile in a sentence?

Sentences Mobile Linnaeus had very definite and uncomplimentary views about cultigens, regarding them as inferior plants for the amusement of those people he disparagingly called anthophiles ( flower-lovers ); these were plants not deserving the attention of serious botanists.

What to call a person who loves flowers?

Anthophilous uses the Greek word anthos, meaning flower, while ornithophilous traces back to Greek ornis, meaning bird. Ornithophilous is one of a whole swarm of specialized words that identify flowers in terms of the flower-loving creatures that pollinate them.

Who is a sesquipedalian?

1 : having many syllables : long sesquipedalian terms. 2 : given to or characterized by the use of long words a sesquipedalian television commentator.

What is a sky lover called?

Astrophile. A person who loves stars, astronomy. Maybe astronomy not but I love stars a lot.

What does Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia mean?

fear of long words Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is one of the longest words in the dictionary — and, in an ironic twist, is the name for a fear of long words. Sesquipedalophobia is another term for the phobia. the fear or anxiety is persistent and the social situation is excessively avoided.