Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stenophagy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stenophagy
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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..."

Etymology

From steno- + -phagy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: steno
Suffix: phagy

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does stenophagy mean?: 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.
Where does stenophagy come from?: From steno- + -phagy.

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