monophagen.
/ˈmɒnə(ʊ)feɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈmɑnəˌfeɪdʒ/ Zoology.
A monophagous animal.
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1977 Ecology 58 220/1 More monophages, insects restricted to eating members of one plant taxon, occur in the colder, southern parts of the islands.
1987 Nature 23 Apr. 788/2 The insects were divided into five categories: strict monophages (feeding on one plant species); restricted to one plant genus; feeding on one plant family; feeding on two to four families; extreme polyphages (five or more plant families).
1997 Ecol. Entomol. 22 197 Monophages tend to have smaller geographical ranges than congeneric polyphages.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1977- to run a risgoe
- to run a risk
- to run a risks
- to run a scared race
- to run a share
- to run a taut ship
- to run a thing a close race
- to run a thing out of breath
- to run a tilt
- to run a train on a person
- to run a train-scent
- to run a trainscent
- to run a water
- to run a-madding
- to run a-on madding
- to run a-tilt
- to run aboard
- to run across
- to run afoul
- to run afoul of
- to run after
- to run against
- to run aground
- to run ahead of oneself
- to run along