termitophagy

T1E1R1M3I1T1O1P3H4A1G2Y4

noun

Feeding on termites as the dominant item of diet.

“The aardvark or "ant bear" is actually mainly termitophagous rather than ant-eating.”

Scrabble 23
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nountermitophagy (uncountable)
  1. uncountableFeeding on termites as the dominant item of diet.

    The aardvark or "ant bear" is actually mainly termitophagous rather than ant-eating.

    1 more example

    Six categories of stenophagy were found: myrmecophagy, araneophagy, lepidopterophagy, termitophagy, dipterophagy, and crustaceophagy.

    2012, S. Pekár, J. A. Coddington, T. A. Blackledge, Evolution of stenophagy in spiders. Evolution. 2012 Mar;66(3):776-806. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01471.x. Epub 2011 Oct 31., Wiley-Blackwell, pages 776-806

Origin

From termite + -o- + -phagy.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

termitophagy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/termitophagy

MLA

“termitophagy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/termitophagy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “termitophagy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/termitophagy.

Source: termitophagy on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.