食しょく痕こん

noun

feeding signs; traces of feeding

Refers to marks left by animals while feeding, such as tooth marks on nuts, holes in leaves, or gnawed bark. Used in biology, ecology, and nature observation.

• クルミの殻からに残のこった食しょく痕こんから、リスが食たべたことがわかる。

  From the feeding signs left on the walnut shell, you can tell a squirrel ate it.

• 葉はに小ちいさな穴あながたくさん開あいているのは、虫むしの食しょく痕こんだ。

  The many small holes in the leaves are feeding signs of insects.