monophagous

Japanese: monophagous
monophagous

… In addition to this, there is also a classification of feeding habits based on the number of different organisms they eat. These include monophagous (eating only one type of organism), stenophagous or oligophagous (eating only a few types of organisms), and euryphagous or polyphagous (eating many types of organisms). This is an important concept in animal ecology. Diet and feeding habits, that is, what to eat and how to eat, are fundamentally separate issues, but are often confused. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "monophagous" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… これとは別に,食べている生物の種類の多少に着目した食性の分け方もある。それは,単食性monophagous(ただ1種の生物しか食べない),狭食性stenophagousまたは少食性oligophagous(少数種の生物を食べる),広食性euryphagousまたは多食性polyphagous(多数種の生物を食べる)という区分であって,動物生態学では重要な概念である。 なお,食性と採食習性,つまり何を食べるかと,どうやって食べるかは,基本的には別の問題だが,しばしば混同されている。…

※「monophagous」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  mononuclear phagocytic system

>>:  monophonic system

Recommend

Air freezing method

...In Japan, frozen food production was just 5,00...

Livingstone, D.

…British African explorer. He is a typical explor...

Court Theater (English: Court Theater)

It generally refers to a theater attached to a co...

Joint - Meji

In buildings and civil engineering structures, thi...

Mistake - mistake

Chinese politician of the Western Han dynasty. Al...

Genzo Ishimura

...Some of these still exist, but there is some d...

Collection of Jewel - Shugyokushu

Jien's family collection. Compiled by Prince ...

Mimash

Date of birth and death unknown. A naturalized pe...

Gas Maser - Hot Maser

Please see the "Maser" page. Source: En...

ortho-hydrogen

...As shown in the Pauli principle, the pair of e...

relaxed static stability

...By using a computer in an aircraft's fligh...

Indochinese

…It is also called the Sino-Tibetan language fami...

Chrysobalanus orbicularia (English spelling) Chrysobalanusorbicularia

… [Mitsuru Hotta]... *Some of the terminology tha...

Enuresis - Enuresis

〘 noun 〙 The act of unconsciously urinating while ...

Stefan Batory

…In 1673, the first Sejm was convened in Warsaw, ...