Euryphagous
/ˌjʊə.riˈfæɡ.əs/noun
Feeding on a wide variety of foods or prey.
Did you know?Euryphagous is formed from Greek eurys (“broad, wide”) and phagein (“to eat”), the same ancient root behind words like anthropophagus and coprophagous, where eating becomes a technical label rather than a metaphor.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
eurys
“broad, wide”
Ancient Greek
Greek
phagein
“to eat, devour”
Modern Scientific Latin
Latin
euryphagus
“wide-eating; feeding on many kinds of food”
19th Century
English
euryphagous
“feeding on a broad range of foods or prey”
Modern English
English
euryphagous
“able to eat or feed on many different kinds of food”
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