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endophage

endophage noun: any parasite that feeds within its host.

Noun

endophage (plural endophages)

  1. Any parasite that feeds within its host
    • These results corroborate our expectation of a stronger effect of host-plant phylogenetic isolation on endophage diversity than on exophage diversity.2015 September 18, “The Effect of Host-Plant Phylogenetic Isolation on Species Richness, Composition and Specialization of Insect Herbivores: A Comparison between Native and Exotic Hosts”, in PLOS...

Forms of endophage

pluralendophages

Origin of endophage

From endo- + phage.

Questions about endophage

What does endophage mean?
Endophage means any parasite that feeds within its host.
What part of speech is endophage?
Endophage is a noun.
What is the plural of endophage?
The plural of endophage is endophages.

Words near endophage in the dictionary

  1. endoperoxidase
  2. endoperoxidases
  3. endoperoxide
  4. endoperoxides
  5. endoperoxidic
  6. endophage
  7. endophages
  8. endophagic
  9. endophagocytic
  10. endophagocytosis
  11. endophagosome

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