Monophagous

Word MONOPHAGOUS
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Definitions and meanings of "Monophagous"

What do we mean by monophagous?

Feeding on only one kind of food. adjective

Feeding on a single substance, or a single kind of food: opposed to heterophagous.

Specifically, of sporozoans, passing the entire life-cycle in one host; permanently intracellular: contrasted with polyphagous.

That eats only one kind of food. adjective

That eats only one kind of food.

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The word "monophagous" in example sentences

One must know that the brinjal fruit and shoot borer (Leucinodes orbonalis) is also a characteristic monophagous insect (single host pest) and will naturally try to struggle to withstand bacterial toxins. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Most phytophagous insects are diet specialists, i.e., they feed on one or a few plant species that are closely related (monophagous, host plants within one plant genus, or oligophagous, host plants within one family) [2]. ❋ Hubert Turner Et Al. (2010)

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