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exophages

exophages is the plural of exophage.

Meaning of exophage

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...

Questions about exophages

What is exophages the plural of?
Exophages is the plural of exophage.

Words near exophages in the dictionary

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

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