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termitophagy

termitophagy noun: feeding on termites as the dominant item of diet.

Noun

termitophagy (uncountable)

  1. Feeding on termites as the dominant item of diet.
    • The aardvark or "ant bear" is actually mainly termitophagous rather than ant-eating.
    • Six categories of stenophagy were found: myrmecophagy, araneophagy, lepidopterophagy, termitophagy, dipterophagy, and crustaceophagy.2012, S. Pekár, J. A. Coddington, T. A. Blackledge, Evolution of stenophagy in spiders. Evolution. 2012 Mar;66(3):776-806. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01471.x. Epub 2011 Oct 31., Wiley-Blackwell...

Origin of termitophagy

From termite + -o- + -phagy.

Questions about termitophagy

What does termitophagy mean?
Termitophagy means feeding on termites as the dominant item of diet.
What part of speech is termitophagy?
Termitophagy is a noun.

Words near termitophagy in the dictionary

  1. termitologists
  2. termitology
  3. termitophage
  4. termitophages
  5. termitophagous
  6. termitophagy
  7. termitophile
  8. termitophiles
  9. termitophilous
  10. termless
  11. termlessly

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