Usually means: Eats few types of food.
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  1. oligophagous: Merriam-Webster
  2. oligophagous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. oligophagous: Collins English Dictionary
  4. oligophagous: Wiktionary
  5. oligophagous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. oligophagous: Dictionary.com
  7. Oligophagous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. oligophagous: Grandiloquent Dictionary
  9. oligophagous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. oligophagous: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (oligophagous)

▸ adjective:  (chiefly of insects) that feed on a restricted range of food

Similar:
xylophagous, entomophagous, monophagous, dipterophagous, anthophagous, entomonecrophagous, ornithophagous, hylophagous, ornithophagic, insectivorous, more...

Opposite:
polyphagous, generalist, broad-spectrum

Types:
specialist, generalist, more...

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Similar:
xylophagous, entomophagous, monophagous, dipterophagous, anthophagous, entomonecrophagous, ornithophagous, hylophagous, ornithophagic, insectivorous, more...

Opposite:
polyphagous, generalist, broad-spectrum

Types:
specialist, generalist, more...



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