"polyphage" meaning in All languages combined

See polyphage on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-polyphage.wav [US] Forms: polyphages [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|poly-|-phage|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English -phage English polyphage [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "fill", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*pleh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*polh₁ús", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "πολῠ́ς", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "poly-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-phage", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "polyphage", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="polyphage"> From poly- + -phage. Head templates: {{en-noun}} polyphage (plural polyphages)
  1. Any animal which can eat a variety of food; an omnivore
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  2. A person who eats to excess
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: polyphagist Related terms: polyphagian, polyphagous, polyphagy

Inflected forms

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