adj
Meaning 1
Eating many types of food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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polyphagous
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adj
Meaning 2
Feeding on many different species of host plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- 2024 WA Government Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development: Agriculture and Food Polyphagous shot-hole borer Euwallacea fornicatus is a beetle native to Southeast Asia. The beetle attacks a wide range of plants by tunnelling into trunks, stems and branches. Polyphagous shot-hole borer has a symbiotic relationship with a Fusarium fungus, farming it inside the tree as a food source for the beetle and its larvae. In susceptible trees, the fungus kills vascular tissue causing Fusarium dieback and tree death.
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History
Etymology
From poly- + -phagous.