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Meaning of "phyllophagous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PHYLLOPHAGOUS

fɪˈlɒfəɡəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHYLLOPHAGOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phyllophagous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PHYLLOPHAGOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Folivore

In zoology, a folivore is a herbivore that specializes in eating leaves. Mature leaves contain a high proportion of hard-to-digest cellulose, less energy than other types of foods, and often toxic compounds. For this reason folivorous animals tend to have long digestive tracts and slow metabolisms. Many enlist the help of symbiotic bacteria to release the nutrients in their diet. Additionally, as has been observed in folivorous primates, animals may exhibit a strong preference for immature leaves, which tend to be higher in energy and protein and lower in fibre and poisons than more mature leaves.

Definition of phyllophagous in the English dictionary

The definition of phyllophagous in the dictionary is feeding on leaves or the sap of leaves.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHYLLOPHAGOUS

anthropophagous · anthropophagus · coprophagous · creophagous · entomophagous · esophagus · hematophagous · hylophagous · lithophagous · mallophagous · necrophagous · oesophagus · omophagous · ophiophagous · pantophagous · phytophagous · saprophagous · sarcophagus · scatophagous · xylophagous

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHYLLOPHAGOUS

phylloclad · phylloclade · phyllode · phyllodial · phyllodium · phyllody · phylloid · phyllomania · phyllome · phyllomic · phylloplane · phyllopod · phylloquinone · phyllosilicate · phyllosphere · phyllotactic · phyllotactical · phyllotaxes · phyllotaxies · phyllotaxis

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHYLLOPHAGOUS

analogous · autophagous · bacteriophagous · carpophagous · endophagous · exophagous · geophagous · haematophagous · hippophagous · ichthyophagous · meliphagous · melliphagous · monophagous · mycophagous · myrmecophagous · oligophagous · ostreophagous · polyphagous · toxicophagous · xiphopagous · zoophagous

Synonyms and antonyms of phyllophagous in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «phyllophagous» into 25 languages

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phyllophagous
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листогрызущих
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phyllophagous
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phyllophagous
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phyllophage
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Phyllophagous
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phyllophager
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phyllophagous
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phyllophagous
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Phyllophagous
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thuộc về sâu ăn lá
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இலை உண்டு வாழ்கிற
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फाल्लोगोगस
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листогризучих
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phyllophagous
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phyllophagous
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phyllophagous
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phyllophagous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHYLLOPHAGOUS»

Discover the use of phyllophagous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phyllophagous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales
I find that Dejean, Blanchard, Burmeister, Erichsen, and Lacordaire, all unite in placing Phyllotoeus near Serica, Diphucephala, Liparetrus, and other undoubtedly phyllophagous genera. To oppose the opinion of such distinguished Naturalists ...
‎1866
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The Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales
I find that Dejean, Blanchard, Burmeister, Erichsen, and Lacordaire, all unite in placing Phyllotocus near Serica, Diphttcephala, Liparetrus, and other undoubtedly phyllophagous genera. To oppose the opinion of such distinguished Naturalists ...
Entomological society of New South Wales, Sydney, 1863
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A Manual of Agricultural Helminthology
Atractonema attacks the larvae of Cecidomyia pini. The bulk of the other species inhabits arbori- colous beetles belonging to the Ipidae, in Cleonus mendicus, in longicorn beetles, the minority in phyllophagous coleoptera and in coprophagous  ...
Ivan Nikolaevič Filipév, Jacobus Hermanus Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1959
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The Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales
I find that Dejean, Blanchard, Bunneister, Erichsen, and Lacordaire, all unite in placing Phyllotocus near Serica, Diphucephala, Liparetnis, and other undoubtedly phyllophagous genera. To oppose the opinion of such distinguished Naturalists ...
Entomological Society of New South Wales, 1863
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Entomological Research in Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems
Pest phyllophagous insects Table 1 summarises the geographic range, host range and control methods of phyllophagous insect pests of Cedar. Table 1. The main pest phyllophagous insects of cedar in its natural area in the Mediterranean  ...
François Lieutier, Driss Ghaioule, Institut national de la recherche agronomique (France), 2005
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New Zealand Journal of Zoology
This is the first suggestion of a diapause response in a phyllophagous New Zealand insect for which a year round food ... In New Zealand, in contrast, cases of diapause are rare and not documented for phyllophagous species (Roberts 1978; ...
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Russian Journal of Zoology
Temperature Relationships of the Developmental Rate in Phyllophagous Insects of the Southern Subarctic I. A. Bogacheva Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vos'mogo Marta 202, ...
‎1998
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Flip Dictionary
... frugivorous feeding on grasses, grains, seeds: graminivorous, granivorous feeding on insects: entomophagous, insectivorous feeding on leaves: phyllophagous feeding on meat: carnivorous feeding on other animals: predatory feeding on ...
Barbara Kipfer, 2002
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Description of the Skeleton of an Extinct Gigantic Sloth: ...
mutual affinities between the great extinct and small existing phyllophagous Unguiculata, at the same time indicates unerringly the true natural affinities of the whole of this great tribe to the other groups of Mammalia. It would border upon the ...
Richard Owen, 1842
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View ...
... new powers for the attainment of the foliage, such an interpretation of the peculiarities of their organization, whilst it confirms the close mutual aflinities between the great extinct and small existing phyllophagous Unguiculata, at the same time ...
‎1843
REFERENCE
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