Ambivore
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ambivore is a noun meaning (chiefly biology) An animal that feeds on two varieties of food.
Meaning
(chiefly biology) An animal that feeds on two varieties of food.
Example Sentences
The diet of Tmethis and Ocneridia contained a higher percentage of Poaceae than the other species and are considered to be ambivores.
In these latter categories, long basiconic sensilla numbers were similar and short basiconic sensilla were abundant in graminivores but few in ambivores.
Analysis of literature (see legend of Table 3) indicates that several species of grasshoppers have diverse diets (grasses and dicotyledonous plants), eg, C. barbarus, that is they are ambivores.
Word Forms
- ambivores
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include omnivore, omnicarnivore, polyphage, animalivore, faunivore, flexivore.
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