phloeophagy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act or custom of feeding on bark.

    不可数

    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”)

来源：wiktionary