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oligolege

oligolege noun: a pollinator exhibiting oligolecty.

Noun

oligolege (plural oligoleges)

  1. A pollinator exhibiting oligolecty.
    • How does an oligolege respond if its pollen hosts fail to bloom? Most oligoleges have one generation per year (univoltine), so adult emergence can and must synchronize with host bloom (e.g., Cane and Payne 1993). Interestingly, a few oligoleges such as Calliopsis hesperia equina and C. helianthi...2006, Nickolas M. Waser, Jeff Ollerton, Plant-Pollinator Interactions: From Specialization to Generalization

Forms of oligolege

pluraloligoleges

Questions about oligolege

What does oligolege mean?
Oligolege means a pollinator exhibiting oligolecty.
What part of speech is oligolege?
Oligolege is a noun.
What is the plural of oligolege?
The plural of oligolege is oligoleges.

Words near oligolege in the dictionary

  1. oligolamellar
  2. oligolatry
  3. oligolecithal
  4. oligolectic
  5. oligolecty
  6. oligolege
  7. oligoleges
  8. oligolignan
  9. oligolignans
  10. oligolingual
  11. oligolingualism

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