Phytophagous
21Hemiptera — Taxobox | name = Hemiptera| image caption = Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale , a shield bug image width = 240px image2 width = 240px image2 caption = Aphids regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hemiptera ordo authority =… …
22Polyphaga — Taxobox name = Polyphaga image width = 250px image caption = Milkweed beetle, Tetraopes tetrophthalmus regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera subordo = Polyphaga subordo authority = Emery, 1886 subdivision ranks …
23acarid — /ak euh rid/, n. 1. an acarine, esp. a mite of the family Acaridae. adj. 2. of or pertaining to an acarid. [1875 80; ACAR(US) + ID2] * * * ▪ arachnid Introduction any member of the subgroup of the arthropod class Arachnida that includes the …
24feeding behaviour — Any action of an animal directed toward obtaining nutrients. Each species evolves methods of searching for, obtaining, and ingesting food for which it can successfully compete. Some species eat only one type of food, others a variety. Among… …
25Myrmecophily — (pronounced /mɜrmɨˈkɒfɨli/, US dict: mûr′·mĭ·kŏf′·ə·lē; literally ant love ) is the term applied to positive interspecies associations between ants and a variety of other organisms such as plants, arthropods, and fungi. Myrmecophily… …
26phytophagy — jē noun ( es) Etymology: phytophagous + y : the condition of being phytophagous * * * phytophagy (faɪˈtɒfədʒɪ, fɪt ) [f. Gr. ϕυτόν plant + ϕαγία eating.] The habit of feeding on plants or vegetable matter …
27Phytivorous — Phy*tiv o*rous, a. [Phyto + L. vorare to eat greedily.] Feeding on plants or herbage; phytophagous; as, phytivorous animals. Ray. [1913 Webster] …
28Phytophagic — Phy to*phag ic, a. (Zo[ o]l.) Phytophagous. [1913 Webster] …
29phasmid — noun Etymology: New Latin Phasmida, group name, from Phasma, type genus, from Greek, apparition, from phainein to show more at fancy Date: 1872 any of an order (Phasmatodea syn. Phasmida) of large cylindrical or sometimes flattened chiefly… …
30phyt- — or phyto combining form Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, from phyton, from phyein to bring forth more at be plant < phytophagous > …
