phloeophagy

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act or custom of feeding on bark. uncountable
    — The Scolytinae are a subfamily of weevils, called the bark beetles because of their habit of phloeophagy.

词源

Ancient Greek φλοιός (phloiós, “bark”) + -φᾰγῐ́ᾱ (-phăgĭ́ā, “eating”)
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