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oligoxenous

oligoxenous adjective: having several hosts during its life cycle.

Adjective

oligoxenous (not comparable)

  1. Having several hosts during its life cycle

Origin of oligoxenous

From oligo- + -xenous. From Ancient Greek ὀλίγος (olígos): “few” + ξένος (xénos): “alien”.

Questions about oligoxenous

What does oligoxenous mean?
Oligoxenous means having several hosts during its life cycle.
What part of speech is oligoxenous?
Oligoxenous is an adjective.

Words near oligoxenous in the dictionary

  1. oligovalence
  2. oligovalent
  3. oligovascular
  4. oligoviologen
  5. oligoviologens
  6. oligoxenous
  7. oligoxyloglucan
  8. oligoxyloglucans
  9. oligoyne
  10. oligoynes
  11. oligozeugodactyly

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