noun
- The practice or condition of eating only one type of food or subsisting on a single food source.
Usage: plural of monophagy; technical/scientific term; used in biology, nutrition, and zoology
Examples
- The koala's monophagies limit it to eucalyptus leaves as its primary food source.
- Certain insect species exhibit monophagies, feeding exclusively on specific plant species.
- The study examined monophagies in specialized herbivores across different ecosystems.
- Monophagies can make species vulnerable to environmental changes affecting their single food source.