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monophagy

monophagy noun: the feeding on a single type of food (e.g., a single plant species).

Noun

monophagy (uncountable)

  1. The feeding on a single type of food (e.g., a single plant species).

Origin of monophagy

From mono- + -phagy. Compare Ancient Greek μονοφαγία (monophagía, “eating alone”).

Questions about monophagy

What does monophagy mean?
Monophagy means the feeding on a single type of food (e.g., a single plant species).
What part of speech is monophagy?
Monophagy is a noun.

Words near monophagy in the dictionary

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

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