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ambivorous

ambivorous adjective: that feeds on a variety of foods of different kinds.

Adjective

ambivorous (comparative more ambivorous, superlative most ambivorous)

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

Synonyms of ambivorous

Forms of ambivorous

comparativemore ambivorous
superlativemost ambivorous

Origin of ambivorous

From ambi- + -vorous.

Questions about ambivorous

What does ambivorous mean?
Ambivorous means that feeds on a variety of foods of different kinds.
What part of speech is ambivorous?
Ambivorous is an adjective.

Words near ambivorous in the dictionary

  1. ambiverted
  2. ambivertedness
  3. ambiverts
  4. ambivore
  5. ambivores
  6. ambivorous
  7. ambix
  8. amble
  9. Amblecote
  10. ambled
  11. ambler

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