polyphagy

noun

polyphagy

noun

Etymology From poly- (“many”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).

1

Biology, Natural sciences The ability of an animal to eat a variety of food (e.g. several different families of plants)

Related terms
pantophagous, pantophagy, polyphage, polyphagous

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