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Ol·I·Goph·A·Gous Adjective  Eating Specific Kinds Ol·I·Goph·A·Gy Noun Oligophagous

Title oligophagous
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
ol·i·goph·a·gous
 \\ˌä-lə-ˈgä-fə-gəs, ˌō-\\ adjective
 DATE  1920
: eating only a few specific kinds of food
• ol·i·goph·a·gy 
 \\-ˈgä-fə-jē\\ noun
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
ol·i·goph·a·gous
\|älə|gäfəgəs\ adjective
Etymology: olig- + -phagous
: eating only a few specific kinds of food — used especially of an insect subsisting on a few usually related plants; compare 
monophagous
• ol·i·goph·a·gy \ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈgäfəjē\ noun -es

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