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monoxenous

monoxenous adjective: living on only one kind of host.

Adjective

monoxenous (not comparable)

  1. Living on only one kind of host

Origin of monoxenous

From mono- + -xenous. From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos): “alone, only, sole, single” + ξένος (xénos): “alien”.

Questions about monoxenous

What does monoxenous mean?
Monoxenous means living on only one kind of host.
What part of speech is monoxenous?
Monoxenous is an adjective.

Words near monoxenous in the dictionary

  1. Monowi
  2. monoxamine
  3. monoxenic
  4. monoxenically
  5. monoxenics
  6. monoxenous
  7. monoxeny
  8. monoxerutin
  9. monoxid
  10. monoxidase
  11. monoxidases

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