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oligophagy

oligophagy noun: feeding on few specific types of food (e.g. a single plant genus or family).

Noun

oligophagy (uncountable)

  1. Feeding on few specific types of food (e.g. a single plant genus or family).

Origin of oligophagy

From oligo- + -phagy.

Questions about oligophagy

What does oligophagy mean?
Oligophagy means feeding on few specific types of food (e.g. a single plant genus or family).
What part of speech is oligophagy?
Oligophagy is a noun.

Words near oligophagy in the dictionary

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

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