ambivore

English

Etymology

From ambi- +‎ vore.

Noun

ambivore (plural ambivores)

1. (chiefly biology) An animal that feeds on two varieties of food.
   • 1989 May, R.G. Bland, “Antennal sensilla of Acrididae (Orthoptera) in relation to subfamily and food preference”, in Annals of the Entomological Society of America, volume 82, number 3:

     In these latter categories, long basiconic sensilla numbers were similar and short basiconic sensilla were abundant in graminivores but few in ambivores.

   • 2013, Naima Benkenana, Abboud Harrat, Daniel Petit, “Analysis of the number of sensilla on the labrum and the diet of grasshoppers belonging to the family Pamphagidae (Orthoptera)”, in European Journal of Entomology, volume 110, number 2:

     The diet of Tmethis and Ocneridia contained a higher percentage of Poaceae than the other species and are considered to be ambivores.

   • 2016, Sarah Mahloul, Abboud Harrat, Daniel Petit, “Diversity of grasshoppers (Caelifera) recorded on the banks of a Ramsar listed temporary salt lake in Algeria”, in European Journal of Entomology, volume 113:

     Analysis of literature (see legend of Table 3) indicates that several species of grasshoppers have diverse diets (grasses and dicotyledonous plants), eg, C. barbarus, that is they are ambivores.