单词 | polyphagous |
释义 | polyphagousadj. 1. Chiefly Zoology. Able to eat a variety of different foods. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > on various types of food polyphagous1770 polyphagic1885 1770 J. Banks Jrnl. 20 Sept. (1962) II. 161 Here are vast plenty of dogs, some cats and rats..nor are any of these animals exempted from furnishing their part towards the support of Polyphagous man. 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. ii. 32 Some larvæ are polyphagous, or feed upon a variety of plants. 1881 K. Semper Animal Life ii. 51 Polyphagous creatures, which eat a variety of food or even anything that comes in their way. 1920 C. T. Brues in Amer. Naturalist 54 317 A distinction is made between vegetarian species with a single food-plant (Monophagous), those with several definitely fixed ones (Oligophagous) and those with quite indiscriminate food habits (Polyphagous). 1965 J. D. Carthy Behaviour of Arthropods iii. 32 This is less easy to determine where the insects are polyphagous, but the restricted choice of a monophagous species lends itself to the analysis of the stimulating situation presented by the food. 2002 Nature 17 Oct. 712/2 The corn earworm, H. zea, is broadly polyphagous, with over 100 known host plants. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [adjective] > having (good) appetite > greedy or voracious yevereOE greedy971 reavingOE fretewil?c1225 ravissantc1300 ravishingc1350 ravenous?1387 raveningc1390 ravisablea1425 eating1483 yeverous1483 savourousa1492 yevery1531 vorax1535 gluttonisha1586 falconish1587 ravin1615 vulturous1623 ravened1627 gorb?1635 esurine1687 voracious1693 gastrolatrous1694 tigerantica1704 gutsy1803 bulimious1816 polyphagian1825 yevrisome1825 edacious1829 polyphagous1837 tigerocious1874 bulimic1886 hyperphagic1943 1837 J. G. Millingen Curiosities Med. Experience I. 284 Dr. Boehmen..witnessed the performance of one of these polyphagous individuals, who commenced his repast by eating a raw sheep. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1770 |
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