Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyphagy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: polyphagy
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ability of an animal to eat a variety of food (e.g. several different families of plants)

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-der. Ancient Greek ἔφᾰγον (éphăgon) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φᾰγίᾱ (-phăgíā)lbor. English -phagy English polyphagy From poly- (“many”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

pantophagous pantophagy polyphage polyphagous

Synonyms

polyphagia

Questions

What does polyphagy mean?: The ability of an animal to eat a variety of food (e.g. several different families of plants)
Where does polyphagy come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-der. Ancient Greek ἔφᾰγον (éphăgon) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φᾰγίᾱ (-phăgíā)lbor. English -phagy English polyphagy From poly- (“many”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).

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