Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ambivore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: am-bi-vore
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An animal that feeds on two varieties of food.

Example Sentences

"In these latter categories, long basiconic sensilla numbers were similar and short basiconic sensilla were abundant in graminivores but few in ambivores."
"The diet of Tmethis and Ocneridia contained a higher percentage of Poaceae than the other species and are considered to be 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."

Etymology

From ambi- + -vore.

Inflected Forms

ambivores (plural)

Questions

What does ambivore mean?: An animal that feeds on two varieties of food.
Where does ambivore come from?: From ambi- + -vore.

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