monotrophicadj.
/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈtrɒfɪk/, /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊfɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈtrɑfɪk/, /ˌmɑnəˈtroʊfɪk/ Biology.
Feeding on one kind of food; spec. (of a parasitic organism) infesting only one host species; feeding on one kind of food; = monoxenous adj. Of a bee: = monotropic adj. 3.
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parasitical1646
parasitic1731
monotrophic1900
holoparasitic1902
sarcosporidian1903
monoxenous1940
1900 A. C. Jones tr. A. Fischer Struct. & Functions Bacteria 49 I. Prototrophic Bacteria..occur only in the open in nature, never parasitic, always monotrophic. II. Metatrophic Bacteria,..(facultative parasites), monotrophic or polytrophic.
1946 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 15 10/1 A number of terms has been used, principally by American workers, to classify bees in general groups according to their foraging behaviour... Thus the term monotrophic (or -tropic) is applied to species of bees which restrict their visits to one species of plant.
1992 Virology 188 840 The monotrophic strain..failed to replicate in marrow cultures.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1900- to lock forth
- to lock horns
- to lock in
- to lock on to
- to lock out
- to lock out of
- to lock the stable door
- to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
- to lock to
- to lock up
- to lock up and throw away the key
- to locus away
- to lodge arms
- to log a person in or out
- to log a person off
- to log in or on
- to log in or out
- to log off
- to log off or out
- to log up
- to loiter with intent
- to loll it
- to loll up
- to long away
- to loo the board