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monophagous

monophagous adjective: that eats only one kind of food.

Adjective

monophagous (not comparable)

  1. That eats only one kind of food
  2. That (prefers to) eat alone

monophagous meaning in Tamil

monophagous in Tamil

ஓரினமுண்ணும், ஓரினமுண்ணுகின்ற

Antonyms of monophagous

Origin of monophagous

From mono- + phage + -ous: Compare Koine Greek μονοφάγος (monophágos, “that eats alone”).

Questions about monophagous

What does monophagous mean?
Monophagous means that eats only one kind of food.
What is monophagous in Tamil?
Monophagous in Tamil is ஓரினமுண்ணும், ஓரினமுண்ணுகின்ற. See Monophagous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is monophagous?
Monophagous is an adjective.

Words near monophagous in the dictionary

  1. monophage
  2. monophages
  3. monophagian
  4. monophagians
  5. monophagism
  6. monophagous
  7. monophagously
  8. monophagy
  9. monophalangic
  10. monopharmacotherapy
  11. monophase

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Adapted from Wiktionary: monophagous (page history and authors); monophagous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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