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Meaning of "psychophily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PSYCHOPHILY

psychophily  [saɪˈkɒfɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PSYCHOPHILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Psychophily 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 PSYCHOPHILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of psychophily in the English dictionary

The definition of psychophily in the dictionary is the pollination of flowers by butterflies.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PSYCHOPHILY


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PSYCHOPHILY

psychopathic
psychopathic disorder
psychopathic personality
psychopathically
psychopathist
psychopathological
psychopathologist
psychopathology
psychopathy
psychopharmacological
psychopharmacologist
psychopharmacology
psychophysical
psychophysicist
psychophysics
psychophysiological
psychophysiologist
psychophysiology
psychopomp
psychoprophylaxis

WORDS THAT END LIKE PSYCHOPHILY

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

Synonyms and antonyms of psychophily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «psychophily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PSYCHOPHILY

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

Translator English - Chinese

psychophily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

psychophily
570 millions of speakers

English

psychophily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

psychophily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

psychophily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

psychophily
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

psychophily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

psychophily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

psychophily
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Psychophily
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

psychophily
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

psychophily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

psychophily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Psychophily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

psychophily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

psychophily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मनोविज्ञान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

psychophily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

psychophily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

psychophily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

psychophily
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

psychophily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

psychophily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

psychophily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

psychophily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

psychophily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of psychophily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PSYCHOPHILY»

The term «psychophily» is barely ever used and occupies the 204.962 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PSYCHOPHILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «psychophily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «psychophily» 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 psychophily

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PSYCHOPHILY»

Discover the use of psychophily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to psychophily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pollination Biology: Biodiversity Conservation and ...
(Psychophily). Butterflies are sun lovers that like to perch while feeding. They have long and slender probosces, can perceive a wide spectrum of colors, and have an excellent sense of smell. With few exceptions, they are nectar feeders.
D. P. Abrol, 2011
2
Pollination and Floral Ecology
Psychophily: Butterfly Flowers Butterflies must land and settle to feed and so prefer either relatively large solitary flowers with platforms to hold on to, or, more commonly, flat-topped inflorescences (see plate 24), although their detailed ...
Pat Willmer, 2011
3
Plant Systematics
Butterfly pollination (psychophily) is associated with showy, colorful, and fragrant flowers, usually with no nectar guides. The flowers tend to have long, nectar-filled tubes or spurs (Figure 13.1B), preventing all but an insect with a long proboscis ...
Michael G. Simpson, 2010
4
The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests: A Plant and ...
POLLINATION BY LEPIDOPTERA (BUTTERFLIES – PSYCHOPHILY, MOTHS – PHALAENOPHILY) Although eagerly sought by collectors, little is known about the role of butterflies (the division or suborder of Lepidoptera formally termed the  ...
Geoff Williams, Paul Adam, 2010
5
Perspectives in ecology
Satish Chandra Pāṇḍeya Jamuna Sharan Singh, Brij Gopal. Chiropterophily MUittophily (bees) Melittophily (wasps) Chiropterophily Sphingophihy Sphingophihy Melittophily (bees) Psychophily Sphingophily Melittophily (bees) Cantharophily ...
Jamuna Sharan Singh, Brij Gopal, Satish Chandra Pāṇḍeya, 1989
6
Pakistan Journal of Botany
Ill Meliltophily Gomes Polygonum plebejum R.Br. IV -do- Pteropyrum olive ri J & S . IV Melniophily Portulacaceae Meliltophily (Percival,1969) Portulaca oleracea L. II -do- Pontederiaceae Meliltophily & Psychophily (Barrett, 1988) Eichhornia ...
‎1994
7
Illustrated Dictionary of Entomology
Psocoptera. (a) Winged species, Peripsocus californicus. (b) Wingless species, Trochus divinatorius. Psychophily: Plant pollination by butterflies. Psyllidophagous: A parasite or predator that feeds on Psyllidae; host-specific to the Psyllidae.
Paras Nath, 2007
8
A Pictorial and Ethnobotanical Guide to Plants of Eastern ...
... this group are the sonicators, that is, those bees that grasp the reproductive structures firmly and cause pollen to be released by the buzzing of their wings. ix Butterfly (Lepidoptera) pollinated flowers (psychophily) are quite variable in size.
Jerry G. Chmielewski, 2011
9
The Herbaceous Layer in Forests of Eastern North America
97): by insects (entomogamy/entomophily) or specifically bees (mellitophily/ hymenophyly), beetles (cantharophily), flies (myophily), butterflies (psychophily), moths (phalae- nophily), by birds (ornithogamy/orthophily), by mammals ( therogamy), ...
Frank Gilliam, 2014
10
Biology of Floral Scent
8.2.7.3.1 Diurnal: Butterflies and Others Adult butterflies of many species are important pollinators, visiting flowers to feed primarily on floral nectar, and in some cases even pollen.4 Pollination by butterflies, or psychophily, is generally ...
Natalia Dudareva, Eran Pichersky, 2006

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PSYCHOPHILY»

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North American Butterfly Association Annual Butterfly Count, June 5 …
Pollination by butterflies is called psychophily. Moth pollination is called phalaenophily. Butterflies and moths are annual species, with each generation (called a ... «A News Cafe, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Psychophily [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/psychophily>. May 2024 ».
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