ambivorous
English
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editambivorous (comparative more ambivorous, superlative most ambivorous)
- (chiefly biology) That feeds on a variety of foods of different kinds.
- Synonym: amphivorous
- 2012, Georg G. Gross, Richard W. Hemingway, Takashi Yoshida, Plant Polyphenols 2: Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacology, Ecology[1]:
- Of the insects considered in these studies, acridids, particularly ambivorous species, appear to be distinguished by their relative tolerance to tannic acid.