食しょく性せい

noun

feeding habit; feeding habitat

Used in biology and ecology to describe what an animal eats and where it feeds. Often seen in compounds like 肉食性 (carnivorous) or 草食性 (herbivorous).

• この鳥とりの食しょく性せいは主おもに昆こん虫ちゅうです。

  This bird's feeding habit is mainly insects.

• 食しょく性せいの違ちがいによって、同おなじ地ち域いきに複ふく数すうの種しゅが共きょう存ぞんできる。

  Differences in feeding habits allow multiple species to coexist in the same area.