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Definition of Monophagy
1. Noun. The feeding on a single type of food (e.g., a single plant species). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monophagy
1. [n -GIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monophagy
Literary usage of Monophagy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1907)
"Observations are not yet complete regarding the monophagy, or polyphagy of certain
... The hitherto accepted monophagy of some insects has often been upset. ..."
2. The Natural Conditions of Existence as They Affect Animal Life by Carl Semper (1883)
"These few examples, to which others could easily be added, for many are universally
known, will here suffice to prove that monophagy in animals is often ..."
3. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1872)
"This alone is an argument in favour of marriage which our clergy <lo not sufficiently
insist on. monophagy makes a man melancholy and unsocial. ..."
4. Heredity and Selection in Sociology by Georges Chatterton-Hill (1907)
"Such an instinct as the monophagous instinct can only have arisen as a result of
selection. Utility for the species being the raison d'etre of monophagy ..."
5. The Evolution Theory by August Weismann (1904)
"72 : masking of crabs, 145 ; material basis of, 142 ; monophagy of caterpillars,
146; new in domesticated animals, ..."
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