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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.

 

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 .