stenophagous

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English

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Etymology

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From steno- +‎ -phagous.

Adjective

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stenophagous (not comparable)

  1. (ecology) Feeding on a limited variety of food.
    • 1988 November 25, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      Wood warblers are generally rather stenophagous, as the biologists say.

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