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PRONUNCIATION OF ENTOMOPHILY

entomophily  [ˌɛntəˈmɒfɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENTOMOPHILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Entomophily is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ENTOMOPHILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

entomophily

Entomophily

Entomophily is a form of pollination whereby pollen or spores are distributed by insects. Several insects are reported to be responsible for the pollination of many plant species, particularly bees, Lepidoptera, wasps, flies, ants and beetles. Some plant species co-evolved with a particular pollinator, such as many orchids species. On the other hand, there are plant species which are generalists, being visited and/or pollinated by several insect groups. Entomophilous species frequently evolve mechanisms to make themselves more appealing to insects, e.g., brightly colored or scented flowers, nectar, or appealing shapes and patterns. Pollen grains of entomophilous plants are generally larger than the fine pollens of anemophilous plants. They usually are of more nutritional value to insects, which may use them for food and inadvertently spread them to other flowers. The word is artificially derived from the Greek: entomo-/εντομο- "that which is cut in pieces or engraved/segmented", hence "insect"; and phily from φίλη, "that which is loved". Entomophilous species include the sunflower, orchid, and cycad.

Definition of entomophily in the English dictionary

The definition of entomophily in the dictionary is the pollination of plants by insects.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ENTOMOPHILY


acarophily
ˌækəˈrɒfɪlɪ
anemophily
ˌænɪˈmɒfɪlɪ
anisophylly
ˌænaɪˈsɒfɪlɪ
arctophily
ɑːkˈtɒfɪlɪ
bibliophily
ˌbɪblɪˈɒfɪlɪ
cartophily
kɑːˈtɒfɪlɪ
halophily
hæˈlɒfɪlɪ
hydrophily
haɪˈdrɒfɪlɪ
malacophily
ˌmæləˈkɒfɪlɪ
monophyly
məˈnɒfɪlɪ
myophily
maɪˈɒfɪlɪ
myrmecophily
ˌmɜːmɪˈkɒfɪlɪ
ornithophily
ˌɔːnɪˈθɒfɪlɪ
photophily
fəʊˈtɒfɪlɪ
psychophily
saɪˈkɒfɪlɪ
sclerophylly
sklɪərˈɒfɪlɪ
scripophily
skrɪˈpɒfɪlɪ
timbrophily
tɪmˈbrɒfɪlɪ
toxophily
tɒkˈsɒfɪlɪ
xerophily
zɪəˈrɒfɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENTOMOPHILY

entom.
entomb
entombment
entomic
entomofauna
entomol.
entomologic
entomological
entomologically
entomologise
entomologist
entomologize
entomology
entomophagous
entomophagy
entomophilous
entomostracan
entomostracous
entophytal
entophyte

WORDS THAT END LIKE ENTOMOPHILY

gushily
healthily
lengthily
maximaphily
notaphily
oenophily
patchily
pithily
praiseworthily
raunchily
sketchily
stealthily
symphily
techily
toothily
touchily
trashily
unhealthily
unworthily
worthily

Synonyms and antonyms of entomophily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «entomophily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENTOMOPHILY

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

Translator English - Chinese

entomophily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

entomophily
570 millions of speakers

English

entomophily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

entomophily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

entomophily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

энтомофилии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

entomofilia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পতঙ্গপরাগণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

entomophilie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Entomophily
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Entomophilie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

entomophily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

entomophily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Entomophily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

entomophily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

என்டமோஃபிலி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Entomophily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

entomophily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

entomophily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

entomophily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ентомофілія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

entomophily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

entomophily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

entomophily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

entomophily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

entomophily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of entomophily

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ENTOMOPHILY»

The term «entomophily» is used very little and occupies the 192.873 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ENTOMOPHILY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about entomophily

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENTOMOPHILY»

Discover the use of entomophily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to entomophily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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History of Insects
Entomophily is also often suggested for a number of Mesozoic Gnetales and supposedly related gymnosperms on the basis of their reproductive structures and pollen morphology (P. CRANE 1988, 1996, KRASSILOV 1989, 1997, CORNET ...
Natalya V. Belayeva, A.P. Rasnitsyn, Donald L. Quicke, 2002
2
Entomophily
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Eldon A. Mainyu, 2012
3
Gene Flow from GM Plants
... need for more efficient dispersal away from the mother plant is one of these forces. 3.2.5 Adaptations for entomophily In contrast to adaptations for anemophily, entomophily encourages the development of showy corollas or bracts, and the ...
Guy M. Poppy, Michael J. Wilkinson, 2008
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Pollen and Pollination
Moreover, text books generally consider entomophily and anemophily as strictly different pollination syndromes, which is doubtlessly also an oversimplification. It was, however, recently shown again, that anemophily might be quite common in  ...
Amots Dafni, Michael Hesse, Ettore Pacini, 2000
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Evolutionary Trends in Flowering Plants
The reduction of the number of ovules in the ovary with the transition from entomophily is related, according to Robertson, to the fact that in the second case it is more difficult to entrap a sufficient number of pollen grains for a large number of ...
Armen Leonovich Takhtadzhi͡an, 1991
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Journal: Botany
ENTOMOPHILY. We have already indicated that, on our view, it was a radical change in the method of cross-fertilisation which called the Angiosperms into existence. It is not perhaps safe to assume that the Bennettiteae, or still more the  ...
Linnean Society of London, 1907
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Early Events in Monocot Evolution
In addition, the molecular phylogeny shows that entomophily is a plesiomorphic character in Hydrocharitaceae (Fig 7.5). The other pollination mechanisms, derived from entomophily in some genera, such as the pollen-epihydrophilous genus ...
Paul Wilkin, Simon J. Mayo, 2013
8
Flowering Plants
The orthotropous type, as well as campylotropous and amphitropous ones, arose from the anatropous ovule. Pollination: Long ago the idea was expressed that in angiosperm evolution, entomophily preceded ane- mophily (Henslow 1888; ...
Armen Takhtajan, 2009
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Thrips as Primary Pollinators of Sympatric Species of ...
However, amongst the historical references to palm pollination, there is sufficient evidence to support both entomophily and anemophily (e.g. Seeman, 1856; Delpino, 1870). For example, Martius (1849), Wallace (1853), and Spruce (1869),  ...
Holly Porter Morgan, 2007
10
Geological Survey Professional Paper
The glands may be primitive nectaries, possibly involved in an early stage in the development of entomophily. Phasmatocycas is regarded as having been derived from a spermopterid ancestor through reduction of numbers of seeds and loss ...

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENTOMOPHILY»

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Pollinators protected with world's first “Bee Highway”
Entomophily – the process by which pollen is distributed among plants and crops by insects – plays a role in around 30-40% of all food ... «Alphr, Jun 15»

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