Webster's 1913 Dictionary
POLYPHAGOUS
Po *lyph "a *gous, a. Etym: [L. polyphagus, Gr. polyphage. ]
Defn: Eating, or subsisting on, many kinds of food; as, polyphagous animals.
POLYPHAGY
POLYPHAGY Po *lyph ""a *gy, n.
Defn: The practice or faculty of subsisting on many kinds of food.
New American Oxford Dictionary
polyphagous
po lyph a gous |pəˈlifəgəs pəˈlɪfəɡəs | ▶adjective Zoology (of an animal ) able to feed on various kinds of food. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Greek poluphagos ‘eating to excess ’ + -ous .
Oxford Dictionary
polyphagous
polyphagous |pəˈlɪfəgəs | ▶adjective Zoology (of an animal ) able to feed on various kinds of food. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Greek poluphagos ‘eating to excess ’ + -ous .
Duden Dictionary
polyphag
po ly phag Adjektiv Biologie |polyph a g |zu griechisch phageĩn = essen, fressen (von Tieren ) Nahrung verschiedenster Herkunft aufnehmend
Polyphage
Po ly pha ge Substantiv, maskulin Zoologie , der |Polyph a ge |polyphages Tier
Polyphagie
Po ly pha gie Substantiv, feminin , die |Polyphag ie |die Polyphagie; Genitiv: der Polyphagie, Plural: die Polyphagien 1 Medizin krankhaft gesteigerter Appetit, Gefräßigkeit 2 Biologie polyphage Ernährungsweise von Tieren bzw. von Parasiten, die auf vielen verschiedenen Wirtsorganismen schmarotzen
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