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.