phloeophagy
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek φλοιός (phloiós, “bark”) + -φᾰγῐ́ᾱ (-phagíā, “eating”)[1]
Noun
phloeophagy (uncountable)
- The act or custom of feeding on bark.
- The Scolytinae are a subfamily of weevils, called the bark beetles because of their habit of phloeophagy.
References
- 1977, Eric Partridge, Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, Routledge