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Meaning of "phytophagous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PHYTOPHAGOUS

phytophagous  [faɪˈtɒfəɡəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHYTOPHAGOUS

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

WHAT DOES PHYTOPHAGOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

phytophagous

Herbivore

A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage, for the main component of its diet. As a result of their plant diet, herbivorous animals typically have mouthparts adapted to rasping or grinding. Horses and other herbivores have wide flat teeth that are adapted to grinding grass, tree bark, and other tough plant material.

Definition of phytophagous in the English dictionary

The definition of phytophagous in the dictionary is feeding on plants.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHYTOPHAGOUS


anthropophagous
ˌænθrəˈpɒfəɡəs
anthropophagus
ˌænθrəˈpɒfəɡəs
autophagous
ɔːˈtɒfəɡəs
coprophagous
kɒˈprɒfəɡəs
creophagous
krɪˈɒfəɡəs
entomophagous
ˌɛntəˈmɒfəɡəs
esophagus
iːˈsɒfəɡəs
haematophagous
ˌhiːməˈtɒfəɡəs
hematophagous
ˌhiːməˈtɒfəɡəs
hylophagous
haɪˈlɒfəɡəs
lithophagous
lɪˈθɒfəɡəs
mycetophagous
ˌmaɪsɪˈtɒfəɡəs
necrophagous
nəˈkrɒfəɡəs
oesophagus
iːˈsɒfəɡəs
omophagous
əʊˈmɒfəɡəs
ophiophagous
ˌɒfɪˈɒfəɡəs
pantophagous
pænˈtɒfəɡəs
saprophagous
sæˈprɒfəɡəs
sarcophagus
sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs
scatophagous
skəˈtɒfəɡəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHYTOPHAGOUS

phytology
phyton
phytonadione
phytonic
phytopathogen
phytopathogenic
phytopathological
phytopathologist
phytopathology
phytophagic
phytophagy
phytoplankter
phytoplankton
phytoplanktonic
phytoremediation
phytosanitary
phytosis
phytosociological
phytosociologically
phytosociologist

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHYTOPHAGOUS

analogous
bacteriophagous
carpophagous
endophagous
exophagous
geophagous
hippophagous
ichthyophagous
mallophagous
meliphagous
melliphagous
monophagous
mycophagous
myrmecophagous
oligophagous
ostreophagous
polyphagous
toxicophagous
xiphopagous
xylophagous
zoophagous

Synonyms and antonyms of phytophagous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phytophagous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHYTOPHAGOUS

Find out the translation of phytophagous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of phytophagous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phytophagous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

植食性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fitófagos
570 millions of speakers

English

phytophagous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

phytophagous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عاشب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фитофаги
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fitófagos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

phytophagous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

phytophages
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Phytophagous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

phytophage
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

植食性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

초식성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phytophagous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sống bằng cây cỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

phytophagous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फुफ्फुस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bitki zararlısı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fitofago
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

roślinożerny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фітофаги
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fitofag
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φυτοφάγων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

phytophagous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fytofaga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phytophagous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phytophagous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHYTOPHAGOUS»

The term «phytophagous» is regularly used and occupies the 106.313 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHYTOPHAGOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «phytophagous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «phytophagous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHYTOPHAGOUS»

Discover the use of phytophagous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phytophagous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Host-Plant Selection by Phytophagous Insects
Patterns of host-plant use; Host-plant range; Patterns of host-plant use; Chemicals in plants; The first chemicals detected: volatiles; Surface waxes and other surface compounds; Internal componentes: secondary metabolites; Nitrogen ...
Elizabeth A. Bernays, Reginald F. Chapman, 1994
2
Patterns of Diversification in Phytophagous Insects: ...
Plant-feeding insects account for about one fourth of macroscopic biodiversity.
Isaac Scott Winkler, 2008
3
Chemical Ecology of Phytophagous Insects
Contributed articles.
T. N. Ananthakrishnan, Anantanarayanan Raman, 1993
4
A Monograph of the British Phytophagous Hymenoptera ...: ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Peter Cameron, 2012
5
On a New Phytophagous Mite, Lohmannia Insignis, Berl Var ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Charles Gordon Hewitt, 2010
6
Crop Protection Research Advances
Avoidance of Treated Foliar Support This effect is illustrated by a dietary preference of the phytophagous mites or aphids for a treated or untreated part of the foliar support. In this case, it will be characterised if adult female phytophagous mites ...
Earl N. Burton, Peter V. Williams, 2008
7
Alaska's Changing Boreal Forest
Richard A. Werner Kenneth F. Raffa Barbara L. Illman Introduction Boreal forests support an array of insects, including phytophagous (plant-eating) insects, saprophagous (detritus-eating) insects, and their associated parasites, predators, and ...
F. Stuart Chapin Institute of Arctic Biology, Mark W. Oswood Institute of Arctic Biology, Keith van Cleve Forest Soils Laboratory all at University of Alaska, 2005
8
Encyclopedia of Insects
... Sarcophagidae), predatory (e.g., Carabidae, dipteran families) or phytophagous (e.g., Lepidoptera) ancestor. For example, parasitism is estimated to have occurred 17 times in the Diptera producing over 17,000 described parasitoid species, ...
Vincent H. Resh, Ring T. Cardé, 2009
9
Interrelationship Between Insects and Plants
Phytophagous insects and phytoparasitic fungi have been used all over the world to fight against imported weeds which have become pests in their adopted country. Classical entomological handbooks have been written on biological weed ...
Pierre Jolivet, 1998
10
Grasslands, Systems Analysis and Man
Influence of grass/and utilization on numbers of the phytophagous fauna The vegetation of grassland habitats provides not only the food but also the microenvironment for numerous species of phytophagous organisms. Different species ...
A. I. Breymeyer, George M. van Dyne, 1980

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHYTOPHAGOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phytophagous is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Evolutionary transition in symbiotic syndromes enabled …
Members of the Pyrrhocoridae are predominantly phytophagous, feeding on seeds of the plant order Malvales, with a few notable exceptions ... «Nature.com, May 15»
2
Five new species of grasshopper unearthed
“Tettigonioidea are phytophagous insects whereas some of the species are important pests of agricultural crops while many species are ... «The News International, Mar 15»
3
Italian Know-How at Enoliexpo
One of the most appreciated meetings was dedicated to the phytosanitary management of the phytophagous parasites such as the olive fly and ... «Olive Oil Times, Feb 15»
4
Premature Proposal of the Pine Weevil as a Vector of a Human …
Being strictly phytophagous insects, pine weevils do not attack people or animals in order to feed on them. The bite mark was on the man's neck; therefore, ... «Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Oct 14»
5
New to nature No 121: Cavichiana bromelicola
The list is diverse with water striders, assassin bugs and several greenhouse pests, but few records of phytophagous species such as ... «The Guardian, Apr 14»
6
Bananas Are Clones From the Stone Age
Many species of ladybirds exist and a majority of them help humanity and bananas since they eat phytophagous, which means “plant pests. «Guardian Express, Dec 13»
7
Ladybugs swarming your house? 'Tis the season. (+video)
... beneficial to humans because they eat phytophagous insects ("pests of plants", sometimes called "plant pests"), but not all eat pests of plants, ... «Christian Science Monitor, Oct 13»
8
Would Microbes From This Astronaut Make It Impossible For Anyone …
In the first stages of terraformation, human activity and the presence of a phytophagous [i.e. plant eating] fauna are, obviously, excluded. ...". «Science 2.0, Oct 13»
9
NCBI ROFL: Yes, dung beetles do have favorite flavors of poop.
... of adult host preferences has been studied in insects with diverse ecologies, including parasitoids, flower-visitors and phytophagous species. «Discover Magazine, Mar 11»
10
Plant fertilizers can affect pest populations
Plant nutrient supply determines competition between phytophagous insects. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.1593 ... «Planet Earth, Oct 10»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Phytophagous [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/phytophagous>. Apr 2024 ».
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