euryphagous

[yoo-rif-uh-guhs, yuh-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Ecology.

(of an animal) able to subsist on a wide variety of foods.

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Other Word Forms

euryphage noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of euryphagous¹

First recorded in 1925–30; eury- + -phagous

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Example Sentences

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Being euryphagous, crows exert a stabilizing influence on many kinds of prey and on the biotic community as a whole.

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The crow is euryphagous and, as shown by this study, the diets of crows a few miles apart may differ.

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Although it has food preferences, the crow is euryphagous, and its diet is governed to a large extent by the availability of various types of food in its habitat.

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Eurymachus eurypterid

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