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polyphagous

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po·lyph·a·gous  (p-lf-gs)
adj.
Feeding on many different kinds of food: polyphagous insects or birds.
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This bollworm is a highly polyphagous pest of many economically significant crops in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe.
A synopsis of insect activity in Indiana during 2005 by Gibb, Timothy J.; Pierce, Christopher M.F.; Waltz, Robert D. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
Because aphids are relatively host specific, it is possible to present host plant- aphid lists and identification keys in alphabetical order of plant genera, which the authors have done in the approximately 1000 pages of the first volume (a key for the relatively tiny group of 35 polyphagous aphids is also included at the very end).
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As this moth is polyphagous, it has a very diverse diet and will attack most tree species in the rose family and some other trees and shrubs.
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