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单词 monophagous
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Definition of monophagous in English:

monophagous

adjective məˈnɒfəɡəsməˈnɑfəɡəs
Zoology
  • (of an animal) eating only one kind of food.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • While monophagous herbivores were typically found at lower densities in polycultures, polyphagous herbivores showed a more variable response.
    • It is a monophagous herbivore that feeds on leaves and flower buds.
    • The new world members of the genus Blepharida include about 45 species, many of them monophagous and feeding mainly on Bursera or other members of Burseraceae and Anacardiaceae.
    • The salt-marsh planthopper Pissonotus quadripustulatus is monophagous on B. frutescens.
    • In this area, the monophagous, leaf-feeding, chrysomelid beetle Galerucella calmariensis is the main herbivore on L. salicaria.
 
 

Definition of monophagous in US English:

monophagous

adjectiveməˈnäfəɡəsməˈnɑfəɡəs
Zoology
  • (of an animal) eating only one kind of food.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The salt-marsh planthopper Pissonotus quadripustulatus is monophagous on B. frutescens.
    • It is a monophagous herbivore that feeds on leaves and flower buds.
    • In this area, the monophagous, leaf-feeding, chrysomelid beetle Galerucella calmariensis is the main herbivore on L. salicaria.
    • The new world members of the genus Blepharida include about 45 species, many of them monophagous and feeding mainly on Bursera or other members of Burseraceae and Anacardiaceae.
    • While monophagous herbivores were typically found at lower densities in polycultures, polyphagous herbivores showed a more variable response.
 
 
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