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oligophagism

oligophagism noun: synonym of oligophagy.

Noun

oligophagism (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of oligophagy.
    • Historically , polyphagism is younger than either oligophagism or monophagism among the palearctic Papilionoidea.1968, Geographia Polonica - Issue 13, page 187
    • Within these groups, different species display various trophic patterns, from polyphagism through oligophagism to monophagism.1984, P. Trojan, Trojan Przemysław, Ecosystem Homeostasis, page 44
    Synonyms:
    oligophagy

Synonyms of oligophagism

Questions about oligophagism

What does oligophagism mean?
Oligophagism means synonym of oligophagy.
What part of speech is oligophagism?
Oligophagism is a noun.

Words near oligophagism in the dictionary

  1. oligopeptides
  2. oligopeptidic
  3. oligopetalous
  4. oligophage
  5. oligophages
  6. oligophagism
  7. oligophagous
  8. oligophagy
  9. oligophenyl
  10. oligophenylene
  11. oligophenylenes

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