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monophagous, a.|məˈnɒfəgəs|
[f. Gr. µονοϕάγος that eats alone: see mono- and -phagous.]
Eating only one kind of food.
1868Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable, Monophagous, the eater of one sort of food only. 1879tr. Semper's Anim. Life 51 A very conspicuous contrast exists..between Monophagous animals..and Polyphagous creatures. 1881E. R. Lankester in Nature 3 Mar. 406/1 Monophagous and polyphagous animals are distinguished.
So † monoˈphagian, † ˈmonophague (see quot.).
1625Minsheu Ductor (ed. 2) 474 A Monophagian, or Monophague, one that eats his meat alone without companie, or eats only of one kinde of meat. |