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exophage

exophage noun: any parasite that feeds outside of its host.

Noun

exophage (plural exophages)

  1. Any parasite that feeds outside of 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 exophage

pluralexophages

Origin of exophage

From exo- + phage.

Questions about exophage

What does exophage mean?
Exophage means any parasite that feeds outside of its host.
What part of speech is exophage?
Exophage is a noun.
What is the plural of exophage?
The plural of exophage is exophages.

Words near exophage in the dictionary

  1. exopeptidases
  2. exoperidia
  3. exoperidial
  4. exoperidium
  5. exoperitrophic
  6. exophage
  7. exophages
  8. exophagic
  9. exophagically
  10. exophagous
  11. exophagy

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