feeding habit

Japanese: feeding habit(英語表記)feedinghabit
feeding habit

…These are also called carnivorous, herbivorous, and omnivorous, but these are terms that are primarily used for mammals, and are not appropriate for animals as a whole. The term carnivorous is not suitable for categorizing feeding habits, as it also includes images of predation, tearing with claws and teeth, and biting (these are feeding habits, not feeding habits). It is also unreasonable to use the word herbivorous to mean eating plants.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "feeding habit" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これらは,肉食性,草食性,雑食性ともいわれているが,それは哺乳類中心の用語であって,動物全体からすれば適切な用法とはいえない。肉食性という用語は,そこに同時に捕食性とか,つめや歯で切り裂くとか,かみ切るとか(これらは採食習性feeding habitであって食性ではない)のイメージを伴っていることもあって,食性区分にはふさわしくない。また,草食という言葉で植物食を意味させるのにも無理がある。…

※「feeding habit」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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