Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The habit or practice of subsisting on many different kinds of food; polyphagous regimen. Also
polyphagia .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The practice or faculty of subsisting on many kinds of food.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology The ability of an animal to eat a
variety offood
Etymologies
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From poly- (many) and the suffix -phagy (to feed on)
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