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- adjective Feeding on a limited number of foods, often within one taxonomic genus.
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- adjective ecology Feeding on a limited variety of
food .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek στενός (stenós, "narrow, limited") + φαγεῖν (phagein, "to eat").
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