oligotropic1
/ˌɒlɪɡə(ʊ)ˈtrɒpɪk/ /ˌɒlɪɡə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊpɪk/Entomology
adjective
Of an insect, especially a bee: collecting nectar from the flowers of only a few related plants. Contrasted with polytropic.
Origin
Late 19th century. From oligo- + -tropic, after German oligotrop, adjective.
oligotropic2
/ˌɒlɪɡə(ʊ)ˈtrɒpɪk/ /ˌɒlɪɡə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊpɪk/Ecology
adjective
= oligotrophic.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Variant of oligotrophic, by association of the second element with -tropic.
- nevel
- never
- never a one
- never cease to
- never-ceasing
- never-changing
- never darken someone's door
- never-do-well
- never-dying
- never-ending
- never-fading
- never-fail
- never-failing
- never fear
- neverless
- never-married
- never mind
- nevermore
- never-never
- never-never land
- never (or not) hear the end of
- Nevers
- never say die
- never-sweat
- nevertheless