ornithophagic
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Adjective[edit]
ornithophagic (not comparable)
- That feeds on birds
- 2001, Dennis J. White, West Nile Virus: Detection, Surveillance, and Control:
- In the primary cycle of WN virus, ornithophagic mosquitoes, such as Cx. pipiens, feed on viremic birds (amplification hosts), become infected, and transmit WN virus to other amplification hosts.