Pantophagous
[pan-TAH-fə-ɡəs]
Part of speech: adjective
Origin: Greek, mid-19th century
1.
Eating all kinds or a great variety of food.
2.
Omnivorous.
Examples of Pantophagous in a sentence
"We promise the wedding reception menu will be pantophagous."
"I've always been a pantophagous eater, and I don't have any food aversions."
About Pantophagous
You might have thought "omnivorous" was a fancy way of saying you eat everything, but we'll give you one level up with "pantophagous." The prefix "panto-" is Greek for "all," and "-phagous" means "subsisting on a specific food."
Did you Know?
To be pantophagous can mean that you have a preference for a variety of foods, but evolution also has something to do with it. If a carnivorous (meat-eating) species cannot find enough meat in their environment, they might adapt to eat more vegetation. Being pantophagous usually means that a species has more food security during stressful times.
