113 words for different things one could eat

These words generally end in “phagous“, from the Greek phagein, or “vorous“, from Latin vorare, both verbs meaning “to eat“. Which suffix you want to use depends on whether you feel like having souvlaki or spaghetti.

Word	Definition
allotriophagy	craving for strange foods
androphagy	cannibalism
anthropophaginian	cannibal
anthropophagous	(again) eating humans
aphagia	inability to eat or swallow
apivorous	eating bees
arachnivorous	feeding on spiders
autocoprophagy	eating one’s own feces
autophagy	feeding on body’s own tissues
baccivorous	eating berries
batrachivorous	frog-eating
bibliophagist	one who devours books, literally or figuratively
calcivorous	feeding on or living in limestone
cardophagus	donkey; something that eats thistles
carnivorous	eating flesh
carpophagous	fruit-eating
cepivorous	onion-eating
chthonophagia	eating dirt
comburivorous	consuming by fire
coprophagous	eating feces
creatophagous	carnivorous; flesh-eating
creophagous	flesh-eating; carnivorous
detritivore	animal that eats decomposing organic matter
dysphagia	pathological difficulty in swallowing
endophagy	cannibalism within a tribe; eating away from within
entomophagous	eating insects
equivorous	consuming horseflesh
exophagy	cannibalism outside one’s own group
foliophagous	eating leaves; eating folios of books
formivorous	eating ants
fructivorous	feeding on fruit
frugivorous	eating fruit
fucivorous	eating seaweed
galactophagist	milk drinker
gamophagia	destruction of one gamete by another
geophagy	practice of feeding on soil; dirt-eating
glossophagine	eating using the tongue
graminivorous	feeding on grass or cereals
granivorous	feeding on seeds
gumnivorous	feeding on tree saps
herbivorous	eating only plant matter
hippophagy	feeding on horses
homnivorous	eating humans
hylophagous	eating wood
hyperphagia	eating too much
ichthyophagous	fish-eating
insectivorous	eating insects
kreatophagia	eating of raw meat
larvivorous	feeding on larvae
lignivorous	feeding on wood
limivorous	eating mud
lithophagous	stone-swallowing; rock-boring; eating rock
lotophagous	feeding on lotuses; indolent; lazy; dreamy
mallophagous	eating wool or fleece
meconophagist	consumer of opium or heroin
meliphagous	feeding upon honey
mellivorous	honey-eating
merdivorous	dung-eating
microphagous	feeding on small creatures or plants
monophagous	feeding on only one type of food
mucivorous	feeding on plant juices
mycophagous	eating fungus
myristicivorous	feeding upon nutmegs
myrmecophagous	feeding on ants
necrophagous	feeding on the dead
nectarivorous	feeding on nectar
nucivorous	nut-eating
omnivorous	eating anything; eating both plant and animal matter
omophagy	eating of raw flesh as a ritual observance
onychophagist	nail-biter
ophiophagous	eating snakes
oryzivorous	rice-eating
ossivorous	feeding on bones
ostreophagous	oyster-eating
ovivorous	eating eggs
ovivorous	eating sheep
paedophage	eater of children
pagophagia	eating trays of ice to help offset iron deficiency
panivorous	bread-eating
pantophagy	omnivorousness
phthirophagous	lice-eating
phyllophagous	leaf-eating
phytivorous	feeding on plants
phytophagous	feeding on vegetable matter
piscivorous	fish-eating
placentophagy	eating of the placenta
plantivorous	plant-eating
plasmophagous	consuming plasma
poephagous	eating grass or herbs; herbivorous
poltophagy	prolonged chewing of food
polyphagous	eating many types of food
psomophagy	swallowing food without thorough chewing
radicivorous	eating roots
ranivorous	eating frogs
rhizophagous	root-eating
rhypophagy	eating filth
sanguivorous	blood-drinking
saprophagous	feeding on decaying material
sarcophagous	feeding on flesh; carnivorous
saurophagous	eating lizards
scatophagous	dung-eating
seminivorous	seed-eating
stercovorous	feeding on dung or excrement
thalerophagous	feeding on fresh vegetable matter
theophagy	sacramental consumption of a god
toxicophagous	eating poison
toxiphagous	poison-eating
univorous	living on only one host or source of food
vegetivorous	eating vegetables
vermivorous	eating worms
xerophagy	eating of dry food; fast of dry food in the week preceding Easter
xylophagous	wood-eating
zoophagy	eating animals