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Meaning of "polyphag" in the German dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POLYPHAG

zu griechisch phageĩn = essen, fressen.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF POLYPHAG IN GERMAN

polypha̲g


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLYPHAG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
article
polyphag is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES POLYPHAG MEAN IN GERMAN?

Polyphagy (Ecology)

As a polyphag, animals are referred to as a broad food spectrum. Polyphagia is opposed to monophagy. Thus, polyphages are plant animals, which are not omnivorous in the sense of carnivores and herbivores, but which, unlike monophyte herbivores, use many different plant species for their nutrition.

Definition of polyphag in the German dictionary

Including food of various origins.

GERMAN WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POLYPHAG

Sarkophag · euryphag · heterophag · homophag · karyophag · koprophag · lithophag · monophag · nekrophag · oligophag · pantophag · phytophag · stenophag · zoophag

GERMAN WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLYPHAG

polypenartig · Polypeptid · Polyphage · Polyphagie · polyphän · Polyphem · Polyphemos · Polyphrasie · polyphyletisch · Polyphyletismus · Polyphylie · Polyphyllie · Polypionie · polyploid · Polyploidie · Polypnoe · Polypodium · polypoid · Polypol · polypös

GERMAN WORDS THAT END LIKE POLYPHAG

Airbag · Alltag · Antrag · Auftrag · Bag · Beitrag · Betrag · Den Haag · Dienstag · Gartenhag · Lebhag · Mulatschag · Shag · Tag · Verlag · Vertrag · dag · lag · mag · vag

Synonyms and antonyms of polyphag in the German dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

ANTONYMS OF «POLYPHAG» IN GERMAN

The following German words mean the opposite of «polyphag» and also belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «polyphag» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POLYPHAG

Find out the translation of polyphag to 25 languages with our German multilingual translator.

The translations of polyphag from German to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «polyphag» in German.
zh

Translator German - Chinese

polyphag
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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polyphag
570 millions of speakers
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polyphag
510 millions of speakers
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polyphag
380 millions of speakers
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polyphag
280 millions of speakers
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polyphag
278 millions of speakers
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polyphag
270 millions of speakers
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polyphag
260 millions of speakers
fr

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polyphag
220 millions of speakers
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polyphag
190 millions of speakers
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German

polyphag
180 millions of speakers
ja

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polyphag
130 millions of speakers
ko

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polyphag
85 millions of speakers
jv

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polyphag
85 millions of speakers
vi

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polyphag
80 millions of speakers
ta

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polyphag
75 millions of speakers
mr

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polyphag
75 millions of speakers
tr

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polyphag
70 millions of speakers
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polyphag
65 millions of speakers
pl

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polyphag
50 millions of speakers
uk

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polyphag
40 millions of speakers
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polyphag
30 millions of speakers
el

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polyphag
15 millions of speakers
af

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polyphag
14 millions of speakers
sv

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polyphag
10 millions of speakers
no

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polyphag
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of polyphag

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POLYPHAG»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of polyphag
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Examples of use in the German literature, quotes and news about polyphag

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10 GERMAN BOOKS RELATING TO «POLYPHAG»

Discover the use of polyphag in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to polyphag and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in German literature.
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Rote Listen gefährdeter Tiere Österreichs
Phagiegrad: polyphag; Nährpflanzen: Laub- und Nadelgehölze. Habitat: kolline Laubmischwälder. Stratum: Stratenwechsler hypogäisch-arboricol. Vertikalverbreitung: kollin bis submontan. Voltinismus: univoltin; Adulte von Ende Mai bis Ende ...
Klaus Peter Zulka, 2009
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Phytomedizin: Grundwissen Bachelor
Coccinella septempunctata (Siebenpunkt-Marienkäfer): polyphag, Blattlausräuber in vielen ackerbaulichen Kulturen ' Adalia bipunctata (Zweipunkt- Marienkäfer): polyphag, Blattlausräuber, insbesondere in Hecken und Holzgewächsen ...
Johannes Hallmann, Andrea Quadt-Hallmann, Andreas von Tiedemann, 2009
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Die Käfer Mitteleuropas: Katalog
085- porcatus (Herbst) p-sa eup herpicoi - polyphag O-i 93-015-086- costipennis Rosenhauer - sa a pra herbtcol - polypriaç, 93-015-.087-. granulipennis Formánek m ? 93- 015- 088- a subcostatus subcostatus Stieriin sa • a pre arboncoi ...
Wilhelm H. Lucht, Joachim Böhme, 2005
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Entomologische Zeitschrift mit Insektenbörse
F. MÜLLER, 1776) Aptinothrips rufus graminicol/ polyphag, phytophag/ euryoek ( HALIDAY, I836) Ap. stylifer Trybom ... /polyphag, phytophag/weniger euryoek als Ap. stylifer. eher skiophil Cn/rothr/ps monicotus graminicol / polyphag, meist ...
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Wald: Biotop und Mythos
Wirtspflanzen: sehr polyphag; Ziersträucher, Zierbäume, Waldbäume (Eiche, Buche, Hainbuche und Ahorn), Obstbäume (Apfel und Marille, aber auch Birne und Zwetschke jedoch nicht auf Pfirsich- und Mandelbaum). Großer Frostspanner  ...
[Anonymus AC08387028], 2011
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Annales historico-naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici:
Természettudományi Múzeum (Hungary). s- l 1 •3 =, S n §•&•;* i S i «• Art des 3 - — _« '£ J= C . o C. 1 Bliltenbesuche : a ^-j a. c 5 --> -/ s J ! 5 3 5 -t- — l | _ + 4 . — +i 4 polvphag 10 polyphag _ _ -f~ _ — 5 polyphag _ + 4 i 11 polyphag — — - — 5  ...
Természettudományi Múzeum (Hungary), 1954
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Zoologiska Bidrag Från Uppsala
Hierher gehören: Calocoris ochromelas (polyphag). Hrterotoma meriopterum ( polyphag). Calocoris fulvomaeulatus (polyphag). Heterocordylus tumidicornis ( oligo- Teratocoris antennatus (polyphag). phag, Rosaceae). Teratocoris saundersi ...
Uppsala universitet, 1946
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Entomologische Zeitung
Ich habe immer nur im Laufe des Monats Juni einzelne Stücke dieser Art in Leubusch gesehen. Die Raupe lebt nach Dup. Gu. polyphag an Gräsern; in Frankreich in zwei Generationen. Die Raupen der ersten erscheinen dort schon im April.
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Archiv der Freunde der Naturgeschichte in Mecklenburg
Stenurella nigra - Quercus Necydalis major - Alnus Cerambyx scopolli - polyphag ; Fagus, Malus, Quercus Cerambyx cerdo - monophag; Quercus robur Aromla moschata - oligophag; Salix caprea, S. x smithiana, S. vinimalis, S. alba, ...
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Schmetterlinge Schleswig-Holsteins: Atlas der Tagfalter, ...
Phagie oligophag oligophag oligophag oligophag oligophag oligophag oligophag oligophag polyphag polyphag oligophag oligophag oligophag polyphag polyphag polyphag polyphag oligophag monophag monophag monophag monophag ...
Detlef Kolligs, 2003

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLYPHAG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term polyphag is used in the context of the following news items.
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Forscher erklärt: Darum kriegte Cristiano Ronaldo die Motten
Sie gehört zu den Wanderfaltern, in warmen Jahren fliegen viele Tiere aus Nordafrika in Europa ein. „Die Raupen der Art sind polyphag, können also an vielen ... «DIE WELT, Jul 16»
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Pflanzenschutz: neue Schädlinge im Anmarsch
... am Landwirtschaftlichen Technologiezentrum Augustenberg, im Rahmen des Hohenheimer Gemüsebautags berichtete, ist Thrips setosus sehr polyphag und ... «TASPO, Dec 15»
REFERENCE
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