Ent. [mod. f. Gr. ἄνθος flower + βίος life + -AN; cf. amphibian.] An animal living in or feeding on flowers; applied specially to certain minute beetles.
1835. Kirby, Hab. & Inst. Anim., II. xx. 365. Others [beetles] … devour the blossoms themselves, whence Latreille calls them Anthobians.
