brycho-, brych-, bryco-, bryc-, bryko-, bryk-
(Greek: to eat nosily or greedily; to eat with much noise, to tear or rip into pieces)
brychocarnivorous, brykocarnivorous
1. Eating meat with a lot of noise and greed.
2. Tearing and ripping meat into pieces while in the process of eating it; for example, hyenas which primarily feed as scavengers.
brychomania
A nervous disorder characterized by grinding the teeth.
brychomnivorous, brykomnivorous
1. When referring to people, eating in a noisy, uncouth, or barbaric manner.
2. Animals which eat in a wild or noisy way.
brychophobia, brykophobia
An abnormal hatred and fear of being around people who eat in a ravenous or voracious style.
Ixobrychus exilis
Utah bird, Least Bittern; from Greek ixos, "the mistletoe berry or plant" plus brycho, "to eat noisily with a belch and a bellow" plus exilis, "small".
Onobrychis
Ononis: the classical Greek name used by Pliny for the rest-harrow, one of several Old World plants having woody stems, axillary pink or purplish flowers, and trifoliate leaves with dentate leaflets; referring to its use as hay or as a forage plant.
Related "eat, eating" word units:
esculent-;
esophago-;
glutto-;
phago-;
vor-.
Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "food, nutrition, nourishment":
alimento-;
broma-;
carno-;
cibo-;
esculent-;
sitio-;
tropho-;
Eating Crawling Snacks;
Eating: Carnivorous-Plant "Pets";
Eating: Folivory or Leaf Eaters;
Eating: Omnivorous.
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