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Definitions for polyphagous
-gəs; -ˈfædʒ ɪk, -ˈfeɪ dʒɪkpo·lyphagous
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polyphagousadjective
That eats many types of food.(Compare this with euryphagous or omnivorous.)
polyphagousadjective
Having many host plants (used for herbivorous insects).
Wikipedia
polyphagous
Feeding is the process by which organisms, typically animals, obtain food. Terminology often uses either the suffixes -vore, -vory, or -vorous from Latin vorare, meaning "to devour", or -phage, -phagy, or -phagous from Greek φαγεῖν (phagein), meaning "to eat".
Webster Dictionary
Polyphagousadjective
eating, or subsisting on, many kinds of food; as, polyphagous animals
Etymology: [L. polyphagus, Gr. ; poly`s much, many + to eat: cf. F. polyphage.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Polyphagous
pō-lif′a-gus, adj. eating many different kinds of food.
Entomology
Polyphagous
eating many kinds of food.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of polyphagous in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of polyphagous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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