oligophagous etymology

English word oligophagous comes from English oligo- (Few.), English -phagous (Used to form adjectives meaning "eating" or "feeding on".)

Detailed word origin of oligophagous

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
oligo- English (eng) Few.
-phagous English (eng) Used to form adjectives meaning "eating" or "feeding on".
oligophagous English (eng) (chiefly, of insects) that feed on a restricted range of food.

Words with the same origin as oligophagous

Descendants of oligo-
diphosphooligosaccharide fructooligosaccharide oligoarginine oligochitosan oligochrome oligoclase oligoclonal oligocone oligocrystalline oligodynamic oligolecithal oligomania oligopeptidase oligopeptide oligopetalous oligopotency oligopotent oligopsony oligopyrimidine oligosemy oligosialic oligosilane oligosome oligosymptomatic oligotrophic
Descendants of -phagous
ampelophagous androphagous anthophagous anthropophagous bacteriophagous entomophagous geophagous haematophagous histiophagous lithophagous mycetophagous mycophagous nematophagous oophagous ophiophagous ornithophagous ostreophagous pantophagous phytophagous polyphagous saproxylophagous xylophagous zoophagous zoöphagous