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oligoleges

oligoleges is the plural of oligolege.

Meaning of oligolege

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

Questions about oligoleges

What is oligoleges the plural of?
Oligoleges is the plural of oligolege.

Words near oligoleges in the dictionary

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

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