Home › Words › O › oligophagyoligophagyoligophagy means feeding on few specific types of food (e.g. a single plant genus or family).EtymologyFrom oligo- + -phagy.nounFeeding on few specific types of food (e.g. a single plant genus or family).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.oligophagous 82% match — that feed on a restricted range of food vs oligophagy →oligophagism 74% match — Synonym of oligophagy. vs oligophagy →polyphagy 72% match — The ability of an animal to eat a variety of food (e.g. several different families of plants) vs oligophagy →oligophyte 69% match — Relating to several species of plant vs oligophagy →stenophagous 68% match — Feeding on a limited variety of food. vs oligophagy →oligolecty 68% match — The preference of an insect pollinator (chiefly a bee) for pollinating only a few plant species. vs oligophagy →pleophagous 64% match — Eating various different foods. vs oligophagy →polyphagous 64% match — Eating many types of food. vs oligophagy →