Definition of Entomophthora
:a genus (the type of the family Entomophthoraceae) comprising fungi that are parasitic on insects
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Entomophthora
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En·to·moph·tho·ra
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Origin and Etymology of entomophthora
New Latin, from entom- + -phthora
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