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endophages

endophages is the plural of endophage.

Meaning of endophage

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...

Questions about endophages

What is endophages the plural of?
Endophages is the plural of endophage.

Words near endophages in the dictionary

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

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