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Polyphagous

Po-lyph′a-gous

,
Adj.
[L.
polyphagus
, Gr. [GREEK];
πολύσ
much, many + [GREEK] to eat: cf. F.
polyphage
.]
Eating, or subsisting on, many kinds of food;
as,
polyphagous
animals
.

Definition 2024


polyphagous

polyphagous

English

Adjective

polyphagous (comparative more polyphagous, superlative most polyphagous)

  1. Eating many types of food.
  2. (of an herbivorous insect) Having many host plants.

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