Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyphage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: polyphage
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any animal which can eat a variety of food; an omnivore

noun

A person who eats to excess

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English -phage English polyphage From poly- + -phage.

Inflected Forms

polyphages (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

polyphagian polyphagous polyphagy

Synonyms

polyphagist

Questions

What does polyphage mean?: Any animal which can eat a variety of food; an omnivore
Where does polyphage come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English -phage English polyphage From poly- + -phage.

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