Dictionary

termitophagy en · NOUN

Etymology

From termite + -o- + -phagy.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Feeding on termites as the dominant item of diet.
   • Six categories of stenophagy were found: myrmecophagy, araneophagy, lepidopterophagy, termitophagy, dipterophagy, and crustaceophagy. 2012, S. Pekár, J. A. Coddington, T. A. Blackledge, Evolution of stenophagy in spiders. Evolution. 2012 Mar;66(3):776-806. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01471.x. Epub 2011 Oct 31., Wiley-Blackwell, pages 776-806
   • The aardvark or "ant bear" is actually mainly termitophagous rather than ant-eating.

Hypernyms

stenophagy

Relateds

myrmecophagy