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ol·i·goph·a·gous (ŏl'ĭ-gŏfʹə-gəs, ō'lĭ-) adj.* * *
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oligophagous — [äl΄i gäf′ə gəs] adj. [ OLIGO + PHAGOUS] feeding upon a limited variety of food, as certain caterpillars whose diet is restricted to a few related plants … English World dictionary
oligophagous — adjective Date: 1920 eating only a few specific kinds of food • oligophagy noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
oligophagous — restricted diet, eating few food types … Dictionary of ichthyology
oligophagous — adj. [Gr. oligos, few; phagein, to eat] Feeding on only a few species of food plants; see monophagous … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
oligophagous — adjective that feed on a restricted range of food See Also: oligophagy … Wiktionary
oligophagous — ol·i·goph·a·gous … English syllables
oligophagous — One who eats only a few kinds of food … Grandiloquent dictionary
oligophagous — a. eating a few sorts of food only … Dictionary of difficult words
oligophagous — … Useful english dictionary
chemoreception — chemoreceptive /kee moh ri sep tiv, kem oh /, adj. /kee moh ri sep sheuhn, kem oh /, n. the physiological response to chemical stimuli. [1915 20; CHEMO + RECEPTION] * * * Sensory process by which organisms respond to external chemical stimuli, by … Universalium
