Quiz 1 of 50 -- Feeding and Eating Terminology

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 eating bees 1 vermivorous
2 glossophagine
3 piscivorous
4 xerophagy
5 apivorous
2 eating trays of ice to help offset iron deficiency 1 lignivorous
2 hylophagous
3 polyphagous
4 pagophagia
5 cepivorous
3 feeding on small creatures or plants 1 hylophagous
2 microphagous
3 batrachivorous
4 poltophagy
5 ostreophagous
4 eating many types of food 1 limivorous
2 graminivorous
3 polyphagous
4 fucivorous
5 anthropophagous
5 consuming by fire 1 pantophagy
2 comburivorous
3 hippophagy
4 ranivorous
5 mucivorous
6 lice-eating 1 creophagous
2 necrophagous
3 oryzivorous
4 cepivorous
5 phthirophagous
7 root-eating 1 scatophagous
2 onychoophagist
3 rhizophagous
4 saprophagous
5 phytivorous
8 eating frogs 1 plantivorous
2 ranivorous
3 seminivorous
4 scatophagous
5 lignivorous
9 eating feces 1 phyllophagous
2 onychoophagist
3 entomophagous
4 coprophagous
5 geophagy
10 feeding on or living in limestone 1 ossivorous
2 geophagy
3 calcivorous
4 creatophagous
5 cardophagus
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 eating humans 1 homnivorous
2 bibliophagist
3 baccivorous
4 phyllophagous
5 vermivorous
12 consuming plasma 1 seminivorous
2 nucivorous
3 carpophagous
4 calcivorous
5 plasmophagous
13 feeding on seeds 1 calcivorous
2 theophagy
3 mycophagous
4 vermivorous
5 granivorous
14 eating of dry food 1 coprophagous
2 pantophagy
3 kreatophagia
4 formivorous
5 xerophagy
15 bread-eating 1 creophagous
2 meliphagous
3 toxicophagous
4 panivorous
5 pagophagia
16 eating ants 1 omnivorous
2 sarcophagous
3 theophagy
4 radicivorous
5 formivorous
17 sacramental consumption of a god 1 ossivorous
2 insectivorous
3 theophagy
4 fucivorous
5 myristicivorous
18 carnivorous; flesh-eating 1 creatophagous
2 scatophagous
3 hylophagous
4 equivorous
5 merdivorous
19 feeding on plants 1 phytivorous
2 glossophagine
3 cepivorous
4 microphagous
5 entomophagous
20 cannibalism outside one's own group 1 exophagy
2 geophagy
3 equivorous
4 lotophagous
5 autophagy
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 eating wool or fleece 1 insectivorous
2 endophagy
3 geophagy
4 pantophagy
5 mallophagous
22 nut-eating 1 endophagy
2 lotophagous
3 nucivorous
4 mucivorous
5 autophagy
23 oyster-eating 1 poltophagy
2 ophiophagous
3 pagophagia
4 hippophagy
5 ostreophagous
24 swallowing food without thorough chewing 1 hyperphagia
2 psomophagy
3 ostreophagous
4 hylophagous
5 homnivorous
25 cannibalism within a tribe; eating away from within 1 insectivorous
2 myristicivorous
3 endophagy
4 formivorous
5 onychoophagist
26 consuming horseflesh 1 ossivorous
2 myrmecophagous
3 equivorous
4 cardophagus
5 autocoprophagy
27 honey-eating 1 monophagous
2 xylophagous
3 frugivorous
4 mellivorous
5 omnivorous
28 eating using the tongue 1 larvivorous
2 cepivorous
3 polyphagous
4 glossophagine
5 lignivorous
29 feeding on only one type of food 1 allotriophagy
2 sanguivorous
3 calcivorous
4 monophagous
5 paedophage
30 eating only plant matter 1 rhizophagous
2 entomophagous
3 herbivorous
4 bibliophagist
5 ophiophagous
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 prolonged chewing of food 1 icthyophagous
2 anthropophagous
3 poltophagy
4 coprophagous
5 comburivorous
32 practice of feeding on soil; dirt-eating 1 carpophagous
2 comburivorous
3 bibliophagist
4 granivorous
5 geophagy
33 donkey; something that eats thistles 1 myrmecophagous
2 frugivorous
3 lithophagous
4 cardophagus
5 poltophagy
34 eating of raw flesh as a ritual observance 1 mycophagous
2 entomophagous
3 herbivorous
4 omophagy
5 batrachivorous
35 eating one's own feces 1 autocoprophagy
2 mycophagous
3 equivorous
4 galactophagist
5 univorous
36 eating many kinds of food 1 polyphagous
2 insectivorous
3 necrophagous
4 saurophagous
5 plasmophagous
37 feeding on flesh; carnivorous 1 sarcophagous
2 meconophagist
3 onychoophagist
4 kreatophagia
5 plasmophagous
38 plant-eating 1 herbivorous
2 kreatophagia
3 phthirophagous
4 plantivorous
5 baccivorous
39 onion-eating 1 cepivorous
2 saurophagous
3 xerophagy
4 myrmecophagous
5 cardophagus
40 eating seaweed 1 toxiphagous
2 baccivorous
3 fucivorous
4 anthropophagous
5 aphagia
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 eating fungus 1 cepivorous
2 mycophagous
3 univorous
4 vegetivorous
5 mellivorous
42 pathological difficulty in swallowing 1 rhizophagous
2 cardophagus
3 ostreophagous
4 hylophagous
5 dysphagia
43 eating wood 1 allotriophagy
2 vermivorous
3 monophagous
4 carnivorous
5 hylophagous
44 eating insects 1 rhizophagous
2 baccivorous
3 insectivorous
4 vermivorous
5 ossivorous
45 dung-eating 1 fructivorous
2 hylophagous
3 glossophagine
4 scatophagous
5 nucivorous
46 one who devours books; literally or figuratively 1 toxicophagous
2 zoophagy
3 phyllophagous
4 sarcophagous
5 bibliophagist
47 feeding on the dead 1 formivorous
2 necrophagous
3 cepivorous
4 plasmophagous
5 androphagy
48 milk drinker 1 scatophagous
2 calcivorous
3 galactophagist
4 cepivorous
5 onychoophagist
49 nail-biter 1 phytivorous
2 univorous
3 onychoophagist
4 hylophagous
5 cepivorous
50 eating poison 1 geophagy
2 toxicophagous
3 galactophagist
4 merdivorous
5 xylophagous
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 eating dirt 1 chthonophagia
2 dysphagia
3 pantophagy
4 nectarivorous
5 nucivorous
52 omnivorousness 1 paedophage
2 radicivorous
3 hyperphagia
4 creophagous
5 pantophagy
53 feeding upon honey 1 ossivorous
2 herbivorous
3 vegetivorous
4 larvivorous
5 meliphagous
54 feeding on nectar 1 nectarivorous
2 granivorous
3 zoophagy
4 batrachivorous
5 poltophagy
55 eating roots 1 rhizophagous
2 equivorous
3 radicivorous
4 monophagous
5 ostreophagous
56 fruit-eating 1 ranivorous
2 carpophagous
3 anthropophagous
4 homnivorous
5 geophagy
57 feeding on grass or cereals 1 autocoprophagy
2 omnivorous
3 mellivorous
4 radicivorous
5 graminivorous
58 eater of children 1 omophagy
2 paedophage
3 homnivorous
4 frugivorous
5 panivorous
59 feeding on ants 1 glossophagine
2 bibliophagist
3 androphagy
4 myrmecophagous
5 rhizophagous
60 frog-eating 1 xylophagous
2 phthirophagous
3 hylophagous
4 batrachivorous
5 carnivorous
Number Question Answer Your answer
61 eating worms 1 meconophagist
2 vermivorous
3 rhizophagous
4 radicivorous
5 phthirophagous
62 fish-eating 1 xylophagous
2 glossophagine
3 formivorous
4 piscivorous
5 exophagy
63 eating fruit 1 rhizophagous
2 frugivorous
3 chthonophagia
4 allotriophagy
5 graminivorous
64 feeding upon nutmegs 1 myristicivorous
2 autocoprophagy
3 homnivorous
4 ranivorous
5 myrmecophagous
65 consumer of opium or heroin 1 saprophagous
2 xerophagy
3 galactophagist
4 bibliophagist
5 meconophagist
66 eating flesh 1 herbivorous
2 carnivorous
3 cepivorous
4 creophagous
5 aphagia
67 eating lizards 1 saurophagous
2 vermivorous
3 mycophagous
4 paedophage
5 meconophagist
68 feeding on lotuses; indolent; lazy; dreamy 1 lotophagous
2 oryzivorous
3 gamophagia
4 geophagy
5 allotriophagy
69 eating vegetables 1 univorous
2 vegetivorous
3 toxiphagous
4 meconophagist
5 creophagous
70 leaf-eating 1 ranivorous
2 phyllophagous
3 carnivorous
4 lignivorous
5 gamophagia
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 eating of raw meat 1 aphagia
2 sarcophagous
3 fucivorous
4 psomophagy
5 kreatophagia
72 eating berries 1 phyllophagous
2 mucivorous
3 phthirophagous
4 baccivorous
5 piscivorous
73 living on only one host or source of food 1 microphagous
2 geophagy
3 gamophagia
4 univorous
5 frugivorous
74 eating anything; eating both plant and animal matter 1 batrachivorous
2 toxicophagous
3 panivorous
4 omnivorous
5 oryzivorous
75 feeding on decaying material 1 myrmecophagous
2 mucivorous
3 saprophagous
4 sanguivorous
5 galactophagist
76 feeding on wood 1 lignivorous
2 limivorous
3 onychoophagist
4 glossophagine
5 mucivorous
77 feeding on larvae 1 nucivorous
2 frugivorous
3 mallophagous
4 autophagy
5 larvivorous
78 eating too much 1 omophagy
2 hyperphagia
3 nectarivorous
4 poltophagy
5 coprophagous
79 rice-eating 1 oryzivorous
2 limivorous
3 phthirophagous
4 zoophagy
5 microphagous
80 feeding on plant juices 1 saurophagous
2 herbivorous
3 mucivorous
4 merdivorous
5 sanguivorous
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 eating mud 1 piscivorous
2 nectarivorous
3 theophagy
4 ossivorous
5 limivorous
82 flesh-eating; carnivorous 1 sanguivorous
2 creophagous
3 fructivorous
4 mallophagous
5 scatophagous
83 stone-swallowing; rock-boring; eating rock 1 granivorous
2 vegetivorous
3 lithophagous
4 xerophagy
5 microphagous
84 feeding on bones 1 sarcophagous
2 kreatophagia
3 myrmecophagous
4 ossivorous
5 necrophagous
85 blood-drinking 1 lithophagous
2 omophagy
3 equivorous
4 sanguivorous
5 saprophagous
86 seed-eating 1 granivorous
2 seminivorous
3 psomophagy
4 ophiophagous
5 fructivorous
87 wood-eating 1 bibliophagist
2 endophagy
3 creophagous
4 xylophagous
5 phyllophagous
88 feeding on fruit 1 fructivorous
2 saprophagous
3 vermivorous
4 mellivorous
5 autocoprophagy
89 feeding on body's own tissues 1 bibliophagist
2 autophagy
3 phthirophagous
4 mycophagous
5 larvivorous
90 cannibalism 1 sanguivorous
2 autophagy
3 lithophagous
4 paedophage
5 androphagy
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 eating snakes 1 lignivorous
2 ophiophagous
3 herbivorous
4 gamophagia
5 meliphagous
92 destruction of one gamete by another 1 sanguivorous
2 omophagy
3 mucivorous
4 rhizophagous
5 gamophagia
93 poison-eating 1 omophagy
2 monophagous
3 toxiphagous
4 phyllophagous
5 ranivorous
94 inability to eat or swallow 1 aphagia
2 sanguivorous
3 frugivorous
4 necrophagous
5 myrmecophagous
95 craving for strange foods 1 vermivorous
2 lotophagous
3 allotriophagy
4 calcivorous
5 saprophagous
96 eating animals 1 sarcophagous
2 zoophagy
3 toxicophagous
4 pagophagia
5 creophagous
97 feeding on horses 1 meliphagous
2 panivorous
3 hippophagy
4 gamophagia
5 ossivorous
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