stenophagous en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English steno- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-der. Ancient Greek ἔφαγον (éphagon) Ancient Greek -φάγος (-phágos)bor. Latin -phagusbor. English -phagous English stenophagous From steno- + -phagous.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Feeding on a limited variety of food.
Wood warblers are generally rather stenophagous, as the biologists say.
1988 November 25, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader: