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euryphagous
[ yoo-rif-uh-guhs, yuh- ]
/ yʊˈrɪf ə gəs, yə- /
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adjective Ecology.
(of an animal) able to subsist on a wide variety of foods.
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OTHER WORDS FROM euryphagous
eu·ry·phage [yoor-uh-feyj, yur-], /ˈyʊər əˌfeɪdʒ, ˈyɜr-/, nounWords nearby euryphagous
Eurybia, Euryclea, Eurydice, euryhaline, Eurymachus, euryphagous, eurypterid, Eurystheus, eurythermal, eurythmics, eurytopic
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How to use euryphagous in a sentence
The crow is euryphagous and, as shown by this study, the diets of crows a few miles apart may differ.
Being euryphagous, crows exert a stabilizing influence on many kinds of prey and on the biotic community as a whole.