stenophagy
stenophagy noun: eating just a few types of food, generally all of similar types, such as eating only some kinds of termites, or some kinds of lily bulbs, or some kinds of Eucalyptus leaves.
Noun
stenophagy (uncountable)
- Eating just a few types of food, generally all of similar types, such as eating only some kinds of termites, or some kinds of lily bulbs, or some kinds of Eucalyptus leaves.
- The often-found stenophagy in local populations of euryphagous species may indicate the emergence of stenophagous forms from euryphagous ones.
- ...there is sound circumstantial evidence ... that the predominance of stenophagy is due to the insects' restricted ability to recognize ... plant species...1990, Jermy, T., Labos, E., Molnar, I., edited by John Maynard Smith, Organizational Constraints on the Dynamics of Evolution, Manchester University Press, pages 157–166
stenophagy meaning in Tamil
stenophagy in Tamil
- எல்லையுள் உண்ணல்
Origin of stenophagy
From steno- + -phagy.
Questions about stenophagy
- What does stenophagy mean?
- Stenophagy means eating just a few types of food, generally all of similar types, such as eating only some kinds of termites, or some kinds of lily bulbs, or some kinds of Eucalyptus leaves.
- What is stenophagy in Tamil?
- Stenophagy in Tamil is எல்லையுள் உண்ணல். See Stenophagy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is stenophagy?
- Stenophagy is a noun.
Words near stenophagy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stenophagy (page history and authors); stenophagy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “stenophagy.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/stenophagy. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.