zoophilic

zoophilic
1. Relating to or displaying zoophilism. 2. Animal-seeking or animal-preferring; denoting preference of a parasite for an animal host over a human. [zoo- + G. philos, fond, loving]

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zoo·phil·ic .zō-ə-'fil-ik adj having an attraction to or preference for animals: as
a) affected with zoophilia
b) of an insect preferring lower animals to humans as a source of food <\zoophilic mosquitoes>

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zoo·phil·ic (zo″o-filґik) 1. pertaining to or characterized by zoophilia. 2. preferring other animals to human beings, such as certain mosquitoes and dermatophytes. Cf. anthropophilic and anthropozoophilic.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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