euryphagous

 [yoo-rif-uh-guhs, yuh-]  

eu·ryph·a·gous

   [yoo-rif-uh-guhs, yuh-]
adjective Ecology.
(of an animal) able to subsist on a wide variety of foods.
Compare stenophagous.

Origin:
1925–30; eury- + -phagous

Related forms
eu·ry·phage  [yoor-uh-feyj, yur-] , noun
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