balanephagous

== English == === Alternative forms === balanophagous === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek βαλανηφάγος (balanēphágos, “acorn-eating”), from βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”) + φαγ- (phag-, “eat”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bălənēʹfəgəs, IPA(key): /bæləˈniːfəɡəs/ === Adjective === balanephagous (not comparable) (rare) Acorn-eating. 2004, Brian M. Fagan, Before California: An Archaeologist Looks at Our Earliest Inhabitants (Rowman Altamira; →ISBN, 9780759103740), page 145 ==== Translations ====