List of feeding behaviours
（重定向自Polyphagous）
![A mosquito drinking blood (hematophagy) from a human (note the droplet of blood being expelled as a surplus)](/Images/godic/202502/03/Anopheles_stephensi2416.jpeg")
![A rosy boa eating a mouse whole](/Images/godic/202502/03/Rosy_boa_eating2416.JPG")
![A red kangaroo eating grass](/Images/godic/202502/03/Kangur.rudy.drs2416.jpg")
![The robberfly is an insectivore, shown here having grabbed a leaf beetle](/Images/godic/202502/03/Pegesimallus_sp_robberfly2416.jpg")
Feeding is the process by which organisms, typically animals, obtain food. Terminology often uses either the suffix -vore from Latin vorare, meaning "to devour", or phagy, from Greek φαγειν, meaning "to eat".