ambivorous

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ambi- +‎ -vorous

Adjective[edit]

ambivorous (comparative more ambivorous, superlative most ambivorous)

  1. (chiefly biology) That feeds on a variety of foods of different kinds.
    Synonym: amphivorous
    • 2012, Georg G. Gross, Richard W. Hemingway, Takashi Yoshida, Plant Polyphenols 2: Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacology, Ecology‎[1]:
      Of the insects considered in these studies, acridids, particularly ambivorous species, appear to be distinguished by their relative tolerance to tannic acid.
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