monophagy

monophagy
The feeding on a single type of food (e.g., a single plant species).

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  • monophagy — noun see monophagous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • monophagy — See monophagous. * * * …   Universalium

  • monophagy — mo·noph·a·gy …   English syllables

  • monophagy — jē noun ( es) Etymology: mon + phagy : a monophagous character or condition …   Useful english dictionary

  • monophagous — monophagy /meuh nof euh jee/, n. /meuh nof euh geuhs/, adj. feeding on only one kind of food. [1865 70; MONO + PHAGOUS] * * * …   Universalium

  • monophagous — adjective Date: circa 1868 feeding on or utilizing a single kind of food; especially feeding on a single kind of plant or animal • monophagy noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • List of feeding behaviours — Feeding is the process by which organisms, typically animals, obtain food. Terminology often uses either the suffix vore from Latin vorare, meaning to devour , or phagy, from Greek φαγειν, meaning to eat . Mosquito drinking blood …   Wikipedia

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  • Herbivore adaptations to plant defense — Herbivores are dependent on plants for food, and have coevolved mechanisms to obtain this food despite the evolution of a diverse arsenal of plant defenses against herbivory. Herbivore adaptations to plant defense have been likened to “offensive… …   Wikipedia

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