philo-, phil-, -phile, -philia, -philic, -philous, -phily, -philiac, -philist, -philism +

(Greek: love, loving, friendly to, fondness for, attraction to; strong tendency toward, affinity for; no hate, hatred, dislike, or negative responses)


zoidiophilous, zoidiophile, zoidiophily
Pollinated by animals.
zoophile, zoophilist
1. A lover of animals; especially one that is more fond of animals than of humans.
2. One who is opposed to any animal experimentation; also known as an antivivisectionist.
zoophilia, zoophilism, zoophilous
1. In biology, a plant that is pollinated by animals other than insects.
2. A strong fondness or affinity for animals and a devotion to protecting or rescuing them from human activities, e.g., vivisection, that exploit or endanger them.
zoophilic
1. Preferring other animals to human beings such as certain mosquitoes and dermatophytes (for example, fungi parasites).
2. In microbiology, a description of a pathogenic organism that prefers animal hosts instead of human beings.
zoophily
1. Having a special fondness for animals; especially having more love for animals than for people.
2. An opposition to any animal experimentation; opposed to cruelty to animals; specifically, antivivisectionism.
3. In biology, pollination by animals; applied to plants whose seeds are disseminated by the agency of animals.
4. Animals that serve as erogenous agents, including avisodomy, bestialosadism, entomocism, necrobestialism, orphidicism, etc.

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Related "love, fondness" units: agape-; amat-; vener-; venus.


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