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MATCHING: Use the latin and greek roots to determine the food this animal eats:
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Carnivore - the eating of animals
o Hematophagy - ……………………………..
o Insectivore - ………………………………...
o Lepidophagy - ……………………………..
o Ophiophagy - ………………………………
o Piscivore - ………………………………….
o Spongivore - ……………………………….
Herbivore - the eating of plants
o Folivore - ……………………………………
o Frugivore - ………………………………….
o Graminivore - …………………………….. eating grasses
o Granivore - …………………………………eating seeds
o Palynivore - ………………………………..
o Xylophagy - ………………………………..
Omnivore - ………………………………………….
Fungivore -…………………………………………..
Coprophagy –…………………………….. ………
copro-, copr-, kopro-, kopr-……………………….feces, dung, excrement; filth, dirt
folio-, foli-, folii-…………………………………………. leaf
frug-, fruct- ………………………………………….fruit
fungi-, fung-…………………………………………………mold, mushroom
hem- or hemo- or hemato-……………………..blood
Īnsectum…………………………………….…..insect
lepis, -utos……………………………………….scale
omni-, omn- …………………………………………………all, every
ophio-, ophi-, -ophis; -ophidio, ophid-, -ophidia …..snake, snakelike, serpent
palyn-…………………………………………………….. pollen, spores
pisci-, pisc- …………………………………fish
spongi-, spongio-, spong-, spongo………sponge
xylo-, xyl………………………………………….wood
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Carnivore - the eating of animals
o Hematophagy - eating blood
o Insectivore - eating insects
 Myrmecophagy - eating ants and/or termites
o Lepidophagy - eating fish scales
o Man-eater - eating humans
o Molluscivore - eating molluscs
o Mucophagy - eating mucus
o Ophiophagy - eating snakes
o Piscivore - eating fish
o Spongivore - eating sponges
Herbivore - the eating of plants
o Folivore - eating leaves
o Frugivore - eating fruits
o Graminivore - eating grasses
o Granivore - eating seeds
o Nectarivore - eating nectar
o Palynivore - eating pollen
o Xylophagy - eating wood
Omnivore - the eating of both plants and animals
Fungivore - the eating of fungus
Bacterivore - the eating of bacteria
The eating of non-living or decaying matter:
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Coprophagy - eating faeces
Detritivore - eating decomposing material