euryphageとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

euryphage ‎(複数形 euryphages)

1. (ecology) Any animal that eats a large variety of food.

使用する際の注意点

A euryphage is not necessarily an omnivore; for example, although they are carnivorous, adult hake are euryphages, feeding on a wide variety of active prey, mainly horse mackerel, sardines, fishes of the families Myctophidae and Macrouridae and fishes of their own genus, apart from various crustaceans and Cephalopoda. In contrast, an extreme stenophage such as a koala feeds only on a few species of Eucalyptus leaves.

同意語

• polyphage

派生語

• euryphagous
• euryphagy