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Definition of Monophagous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monophagous
Literary usage of Monophagous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural Conditions of Existence as They Affect Animal Life by Carl Semper (1883)
"monophagous and polyphagous animals.—Any division of animals into two such groups
as are here indicated has obviously none but a purely physiological value, ..."
2. The Review of Applied Entomology by Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, Imperial Bureau of Entomology (1916)
"Both groups include monophagous insects, which only attack one species, and
polyphagous insects, which attack several species. ..."
3. Insects and Human Welfare: An Account of the More Important Relations of by Charles Thomas Brues (1920)
"Still others appear to be monophagous, or restricted to a single food plant, ...
From the agricultural standpoint, monophagous insects feeding upon the crop ..."
4. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1907)
"monophagous insects only attack certain plants or at most a group of plants, such
as broadleaved ... Even amongst carnivorous insects, monophagous and poly- ..."
5. Heredity and Selection in Sociology by Georges Chatterton-Hill (1907)
"Several species of caterpillar are likewise monophagous—that is to say, ...
Such an instinct as the monophagous instinct can only have arisen as a result of ..."
6. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"A well- balanced dietary is especially necessary at adolescence, when the range
of appetite normally enlarges and creatures previously monophagous become ..."
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