euryphagous
[ yoo-rif-uh-guhs, yuh- ]
adjectiveEcology.
(of an animal) able to subsist on a wide variety of foods.
Origin of euryphagous
1Other words from euryphagous
- eu·ry·phage [yoor-uh-feyj, yur-], /ˈyʊər əˌfeɪdʒ, ˈyɜr-/, noun
- Compare stenophagous.
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How to use euryphagous in a sentence
The crow is euryphagous and, as shown by this study, the diets of crows a few miles apart may differ.
Being euryphagous, crows exert a stabilizing influence on many kinds of prey and on the biotic community as a whole.
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